Heart Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; Hemangioendothelioma ; diagnosis ; Humans

Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma(PMPM) is more rare than heart tumor, and the term of mcsothelioma was first used by Adami in 1910, although the lesion was Hrst descripted by Wagner in 1870. Most of 1:le reported 40 cascs have becn diagnosed on autopsy. Antemortem diagnosis are rarely reported with only 40 cases in the world. According to Cohen, its incidence in 500,000 autopsies were 2.2. An analysis of the recent review shows that an antemortem diagnosis was made in only 19~25% of total cases. This report co sist of a case of our experience of PMPM.
Autopsy ; Diagnosis ; Heart Neoplasms ; Incidence ; Mesothelioma* ; Pericardium

Myxomas are uncommon primary cardiac tumours that usually affect the left atrium. We herein report the case of a patient who presented with right heart failure and proteinuria, leading to the diagnosis of atrial myxoma. Surgical resection resulted in resolution of the patient's symptoms.
Adult ; Female ; Heart Atria ; surgery ; Heart Failure ; diagnosis ; Heart Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Humans ; Myxoma ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Proteinuria ; diagnosis

Adult ; Female ; Fibrosarcoma ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Heart Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Humans

Primary cardiac tumors in infancy and childhood are rare, with fibromas being the second most common tumor after rhabdomyomas. Although cardiac fibromas are characteristically benign intramural tumors, they may exhibit expansile growth resulting in obstruction, valvular dysfunction, as well as other problems so early diagnosis and successful surgical excision are important. We experienced a case of cardiac fibroma in right ventricle that diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography, chest CT, open heart tissue biopsy etc.
Biopsy ; Early Diagnosis ; Echocardiography ; Fibroma* ; Heart ; Heart Neoplasms ; Heart Ventricles ; Rhabdomyoma ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Primary cardiac lymphoma is an uncommon malignancy, accounting for 1.3% of primary cardiac tumors and 0.5% of extranodal lymphomas. However, secondary involvement of the heart is seen in 8.7-27.2% of the documented clinical cases of lymphoma. A 66-year-old man was referred to us for evaluation of dyspnea. A tumor mass was detected by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiogram in the right atrium. The tumor was surgically resected. The pathologic diagnosis was a malignant lymphoma(diffuse large B cell type) had associated with intracavitary involvement of the right atrium. But acute mediastinitis was developed and then the patient was expired due to sepsis and bleeding at postoperative 9 days.
Aged ; Diagnosis ; Dyspnea ; Heart ; Heart Atria* ; Heart Neoplasms ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Lymphoma* ; Mediastinitis ; Sepsis

Primary tumors of the heart are uncommon lesions that can mimic almost any type of cardiac disease. Over 90 per cent of myxoma which are the most common cardiac tumor occur in the atria, with 3 to 4 times as many occuring on the left as on the right. The development of nonivasive echocardiographic technique has made it possible to screen large numbers of patients with atrial myxoma with ease and safe. A 28 year old housewife was admitted because of dyspnea for 5 months. Clinical diagnosis of right atrial myxoma was made by echocardiography and right atrial angiocardiogram. Surgical resection was performed successfully. We presented a case of right atrial myxoma with a review of literatures.
Adult ; Diagnosis ; Dyspnea ; Echocardiography ; Heart ; Heart Diseases ; Heart Neoplasms ; Humans ; Myxoma*

Intracardiac metastasis as the initial presentation of malignant neoplasm is very rare. We report here on a 64-year-old man with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) initially presenting with intracardiac metastasis which was identified with 18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET). The patient was admitted with complaints of exertional dyspnea and vague chest discomfort that had developed a few weeks ago. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed a heart mass attached to its akinetic wall in the right ventricular chamber. CT and MRI demonstrated a large tumor involving the epicardium and myocardium in the right ventricle, and there was a mass in the right lower lobe of the lung along with multiple lymphadenopathies. Cytologic examination of the percutaneous needle aspiration of a lymph node in the anterior mediastinum revealed malignant epithelial cell nests, and this was strongly suggestive of squamous cell carcinoma. Subsequent FDG PET confirmed that the intracardiac mass had an abnormally increased FDG uptake, and again this was strongly suggestive of malignancy. By systemically considering these imaging studies, we were able to diagnose the mass as intracardiac metastasis of NSCLC.
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/*diagnosis ; Heart Neoplasms/diagnosis/*secondary ; Heart Ventricles/pathology ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms/*diagnosis ; Male ; Middle Aged

Aged ; Female ; Heart Atria ; parasitology ; pathology ; Heart Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Humans ; Myxoma ; diagnosis ; pathology

Aged ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Heart Atria ; Heart Diseases ; complications ; diagnosis ; Heart Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Myxoma ; diagnosis ; Pulmonary Embolism ; etiology ; Thrombosis ; complications ; diagnosis