Value of discrimination of benign and malignant scarce cardiac masses by echocardiography
- VernacularTitle:超声心动图在心脏少见肿瘤良恶性鉴别中的价值
- Author:
Jiawei TIAN
;
Yujie LIU
;
Yanxin SU
;
Sumei WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Echocardiography;
Heart neoplasms
- From:
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography
1993;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the significance of discrimination of scarce cardiac masses by echocardiography. Methods Twenty-nine patients with cardiac masses selected randomly were examined by transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography to observe their shape, internal echo, margins, membrane and blood flow. Results Twenty-three patients in twenty-nine cases were confirmed by surgery and pathology including eight benign masses and fifteen malignant masses, but the other six patients with metastasis carcinoma had no pathologic results. Eighteen patients got correct diagnosis, nine patients weren′t diagnosed in character and two patients were made a wrong diagnosis. Conclusions Echocardiography is the only noninvasive method which can provide reliable evidences for clinic before surgery to discriminate scarce cardiac masses.
