Paradoxical Tumor Embolism and Recurrent Intracardiac Mass From Uterine Intravenous Leiomyomatosis

Joshua Knight; Dennis P Phillips; Stephen A Esper; Herbert J Zeh; Vinay Badhwar; Kathirvel Subramaniam

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2016.05.013

Paradoxical Tumor Embolism and Recurrent Intracardiac Mass From Uterine Intravenous Leiomyomatosis

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Apr;31(2):642-645. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.05.013. Epub 2016 May 11.

Authors

Joshua Knight¹, Dennis P Phillips¹, Stephen A Esper¹, Herbert J Zeh², Vinay Badhwar³, Kathirvel Subramaniam⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
² Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27554224
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.05.013

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiopulmonary bypass; circulatory arrest; induced deep hypothermia; inferior vena cava; leiomyomatosis; patent foramen ovale; transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / surgery
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Neoplasms / etiology
Heart Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Leiomyomatosis / complications
Leiomyomatosis / diagnostic imaging*
Leiomyomatosis / surgery
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / etiology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / pathology*
Uterine Neoplasms / complications
Uterine Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Uterine Neoplasms / surgery
Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging
Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery