Metastatic cardiac liposarcoma: diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1990 Mar-Apr;3(2):149-53. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80510-5.

Abstract

The most superior portion of the right atrium is not well visualized by transthoracic echocardiography. This limits the ability of the technique to detect intracardiac disease in this area. We describe a 41-year-old man with a history of liposarcoma in whom transthoracic echocardiography was unable to elucidate a right atrial metastasis. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated the morphology and extent of the large right atrial mass. These findings were well correlated with both magnetic resonance imaging and surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Esophagus
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Liposarcoma / diagnosis
  • Liposarcoma / secondary*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / diagnosis