Intracardiac echocardiography-guided cardiac tumor biopsy

Circ J. 2009 Feb;73(2):381-3. doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-08-0043. Epub 2008 Dec 5.

Abstract

A 63-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with the chief complaint of new onset chest discomfort and pretibial pitting edema. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large invasive tumor on the heart protruding into the right atrium and right ventricle, which obstructed the outflow tract. She underwent transvenous 9Fr, 9-MHz ultra intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) (EP Technologies, Boston Scientific Corporation, San Jose, CA, USA) guided biopsy, and a diagnosis of malignant lymphoma was established from the specimen obtained. ICE-guided cardiac tumor biopsy may be one of the most useful strategies for diagnosis of cardiac tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphoma / pathology*
  • Middle Aged