The prevalence of primary cardiac tumour ranges from 0.0017-0.28% and papillary fibroelastoma is rare but not uncommon benign cardiac neoplasm. Currently, with the advent of higher-resolution imaging technology especially transoesophageal echocardiography such cases being recognized frequently. The clinical presentation of these tumours varies from asymptomatic to severe ischaemic or embolic co...

In this case report we present the history of a patient admitted with recurrent pulmonary edema. Transesophageal echocardiography showed a tumour in the left atrium, occluding the ostium of the mitral valve and mimicking intermittent mitral stenosis. Cardiac surgery followed by pathological examination revealed that the tumour was a leiomyosarcoma. Images from the echocardiography as well as th...

Involvement of the heart by metastatic neoplasm is not uncommon. Postmortem studies of patients with malignant disease show that cardiac involvement occurs in up to 21 per cent of cases (Bisel, Wr6blewski, and LaDue, 1953). The pericardium, epicardium, and myocardium are the areas of the heart most commonly involved by secondary tumour; spread to the endocardium and heart valves is rare (Coller...

Introduction: Benign intracardiac tumours are the most common of 5% primary and account for 90% tumours. Myxoma, which is main benign tumour, rarely localizes to mitral valve, in order 1-5%, associated with severe symptoms enormous complications.
 The objective report a rare case valve myxoma resulting obstruction orifice.
 Presentation Case: A 65-year-old Moroccan woman, without prof...

Three dogs (Boxer, Labrador Retriever and German Shepherd) between the age of 7-10 years were presented with the history of tumour masses on right caudo-lateral thigh, right cranial forearm and left cranial and caudal thoracic mammary gland region, respectively. Fine needle aspiration cytology of the tumour masses and the sentinel regional lymph nodes were done. Plain radiography was done to ru...

A 49 year old man presented with severe cyanosis and dyspnoea on exercise. Clinical examination together with echocardiography, cardiac catheterisation, and angiography showed a balloting tumour in the right atrium, intermittently occluding the tricuspid ostium, and an atrial right to left shunt. At operation a pedunculated vascular tumour was found with a broad base which was embedded in the a...

cing tumour, is physiologically foreseeable owing to the sudden deprivation of catecholamines, as well as deprivation of other tumour-secreted bronchodilator substances, such as adrenomedullin [4], vasoactive intestinal peptide or pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide [5]. There are, however, few reports of respiratory problems in patients with pheochromocytoma and all, in contrast to ...