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Malignant
mesothelioma of the pleura with a large
tumor embolus in the left atrium: an
autopsy case.
Intern
Med 1998 Jul;37(7):614-7
Ishiyama
Y, Hisanaga S, Asada Y, Sumiyoshi A, Eto
T
First
Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki
Medical College, Kiyotake.
Malignant
mesothelioma of the pleura often involves
the heart but seldom invades the
intracardiac cavity. We report a
78-year-old woman with right pleural
mesothelioma who died of heart failure. An
autopsy revealed that the tumor was
present at the right pleura and invaded
the right upper lobe of the lung and the
mediastinum. The tumor also extended to
the left atrium via the right pulmonary
vein and filled the atrial cavity.
Repeated transthoracic echocardiography
failed to detect the tumor, but magnetic
resonance imaging was useful for
diagnosis.
PMID:
9711890, UI: 98375708
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