Intraoperative two-dimensional echocardiography allows visualization of cardiac anatomy and function not possible by other techniques. Although preoperative evaluation by noninvasive methods is usually adequate for diagnosis of cardiac tumors, two-dimensional echocardiography can be beneficial intraoperatively. Intraoperative echocardiography provides an accurate evaluation of cardiac anatomy, ...

ABSTRACT Sarcomas are the most malignant tumors in the myocardium. Most common sarcoma is theangiosarcoma, classically located in the right atrium. Surgical resection is the primary treatmentof choice for these patients. In July 2003, an 18 years old man with chest pain and dyspnea,referred to the Imam Khomeini Hospital. Chest X-ray showed cardiac enlargement andtransthoracic echocardiography d...

Rhabdomyoma is a benign tumor that comes from skeletal tissue, it classified as cardiac and extracardiac according to the location. Extracardiac rhabdomyomas most frequently originate in head neck at larynx pharynx, being parapharyngeal space an exceptional We present clinical case of 86-year-old man asymptomatic patient with laterocervical mass years evolution, has increased its size progressi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the possible role of tumor necrosis factor in mediating cardiotoxicity following venom injection in a rat. DESIGN A randomized controlled experimental study using a Langendorff isolated heart model. SETTING Animal laboratory. SUBJECTS Adult male Wistar rats. INTERVENTIONS The control group (n = 10) was injected with saline only. Each animal in the experimental g...

Cardiac tumors are relatively rare, with primary hemangiomas being a particularly rare benign neoplasm. Herein, we report a case of a symptomatic cardiac tumor detected via echocardiography in an 82-year-old woman. Although we performed advanced imaging examinations for her heart, we could not diagnose the tumor before surgery. Eventually, a tumor involving the left atrial roof was detected, an...

BACKGROUND Cardiac hemangiomas are rare benign vascular tumors that can occur in any cardiac layer: endocardium, myocardium, or epicardium. Histologically, cardiac hemangiomas may be classified as capillary, cavernous, or arteriovenous; venous hemangiomas are extremely rare. CASE PRESENTATION A 46-year-old man reported experiencing precordial discomfort. Computed tomography revealed a massive...

BACKGROUND Cardiac involvement by a malignant tumor is rare. However, this is a case of right heart failure due to cardiac metastasis from a yolk sac tumor. Although a few case reports of cardiac metastasis from yolk sac tumors have been published, to our knowledge this is the first instance of multiple metastases to the right ventricular of yolk sac tumor in an adult male. CASE REPORT The pati...

BACKGROUND Although cardiac fibroma has been regarded as benign tumor, it presents various symptoms and may lead to death. Unfortunately, only a few studies have reported the epidemiology, embryology, and histopathology of the tumor, and the factors predicting poorer outcome are still obscured. METHODS In July 2011 we searched for English and Japanese cases of cardiac fibroma using the PubMed...

Cardiac tumors represent a relatively rare, yet challenging diagnosis. Echocardiography is the main diagnostic tool for the detection of a cardiac tumor. We report a case of congenital giant intra-cardiac tumor, in which echocardiography revealed a large well-defined hyperechoic homogenous intracardiac mass involving interventricular septum which mimicked like asymmetrical septal hypertrophic p...

Cardiac masses are discovered occasionally. They are represented by thrombi, vegetations and tumors, primary or metastatic. The most frequent cardiac tumor is myxoma. The coincidence of pregnancy and a primary cardiac tumor is extremely rare. Only a few case reports of heart tumors during pregnancy are presented in the literature. The case of a young woman with the initial echocardiographic dia...