Τίτλος:
A case of pulmonary vein obstruction: Evaluation using newer echocardiographic imaging techniques
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
A 59-year-old woman was admitted in our hospital due to persistent cough and dyspnea. Transthoracic 2-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a cardiac mass (29×34 mm) that extended from the right upper pulmonary vein into the left atrium causing the partial obstruction of the right lower vein as indicated by the increased Doppler velocities. Contrast echocardiography confirmed the presence of microcirculation within the mass. During transesophageal (TEE) echocardiographic study, color Doppler imaging and power Doppler imaging (Angio® Vivid 7, GE Medical System, Horten, Norway) demonstrated the presence of vascular flow within the mass. A chest magnetic resonance tomography showed a pulmonary mass of 30×25×28 mm infiltrating the pulmonary veins. After surgery, biopsy confirmed a high grade mucoepidermoid lung cancer with few large arterioles. The new echocardiographic techniques can reliably differentiate a cardiac tumor from a cardiac thrombus. © The Author 2007.
Συγγραφείς:
Ikonomidis, I.
Nikolaou, M.
Paraskevaidis, I.
Lekakis, J.
Kremastinos, D.Th.
Περιοδικό:
European Journal of Echocardiography
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
sonovue, adult; article; case report; contrast echocardiography; differential diagnosis; Doppler flowmetry; female; heart left atrium; heart tumor; human; human tissue; lung cancer; lung tumor; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; priority journal; pulmonary vein; pulmonary vein obstruction; thrombus; transesophageal echocardiography; two dimensional echocardiography; vein occlusion, Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid; Female; Heart Neoplasms; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Veins; Venous Insufficiency
DOI:
10.1016/j.euje.2007.04.012
