The Heart as a Site of Metastasis of Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Autor: | Randolph Whipps, Reyaz Haque, Robert D. Chow, Mariam Meddeb |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class Case Report 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Metastasis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Uterine leiomyoma Lung business.industry Emergency department medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure lcsh:RC666-701 Estrogen Ventricle 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Cardiology Immunohistochemistry Desmin Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
Zdroj: | Case Reports in Cardiology Case Reports in Cardiology, Vol 2018 (2018) |
ISSN: | 2090-6412 2090-6404 |
Popis: | Uterine leiomyomas are the most common gynecological tumors in premenopausal women. While the lung is the most common extrauterine organ afflicted, benign metastasizing leiomyomas (BML) of the heart are rarities. We report an incidental finding of a cardiac mass in a 36-year-old woman who presented to the Emergency Department after a motor vehicle accident. CT scan of the chest revealed 2 well-circumscribed pulmonary nodules and a filling defect in the right ventricle. Echocardiogram showed a 4 cm mass attached to the right ventricular (RV) septum. The cardiac tumor was resected and showed benign histologic features. Immunohistochemical staining was positive for smooth muscle α-actin and desmin, as well as estrogen and progesterone receptors, consistent with the diagnosis of uterine leiomyoma. |
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