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Large left ventricular metastatis in patient with liposarcoma.

Gregory DendramisGiuseppina NovoClaudia PaleologoDaniela Di LisiSalvatore Novo

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AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyTime FactorsLarge left ventricular metastasiBiopsyHeart VentriclesPleural Neoplasms030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyDoppler echocardiographyLiposarcomaMetastasisHeart Neoplasms03 medical and health sciencesFatal Outcome0302 clinical medicineHumansMedicinePericardium030212 general & internal medicinePleural Neoplasmheart metastases liposarcomamedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryEchogenicityGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseSettore MED/11 - Malattie Dell'Apparato CardiovascolareEchocardiography DopplerTumor Burdenmedicine.anatomical_structureVentricleliposarcomaDisease Progressioncardiovascular systemRadiologyTransthoracic echocardiogramTomography X-Ray ComputedCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicinebusiness

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Abstract Metastasis to the heart and pericardium are rare. We present a 44-year-old male with pleural dedifferentiated liposarcoma and multiple metastases, with no previous cardiological history and/or cardiac symptoms. A transthoracic echocardiogram during the advanced stage of disease showed a lobulated, large and mobile mass, with homogeneous echogenicity, attached to the basal posterior wall of the left ventricle via a broad base and with intracavitary growth. This mass extends to inferolateral and inferoseptal wall of the left ventricle.

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2014-07-28
10.2459/jcm.0000000000000176http://hdl.handle.net/10447/101016