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A Case of Syncope Due to Intracardiac Leiomyomatosis

We present a case of a 46-year-old female presenting with syncope. Echocardiography initially showed a right atrial mass. Further evaluation revealed a mass arising from the fundus of the uterus, with a tumor thrombus in the left gonadal vein, extending into the left renal vein and through the infer...

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Autores principales: Thapa, Shrinjaya, Ghimire, Bipin, Thapa, Paras, Billups, Tucker
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8965043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371771
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22666
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author Thapa, Shrinjaya
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description We present a case of a 46-year-old female presenting with syncope. Echocardiography initially showed a right atrial mass. Further evaluation revealed a mass arising from the fundus of the uterus, with a tumor thrombus in the left gonadal vein, extending into the left renal vein and through the inferior vena cava (IVC) into the right heart across the tricuspid valve. She was managed with surgical resection, and postoperative pathology was consistent with intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL). IVL is a rare uterine smooth muscle cell neoplasm which extends into the venous system. Gynecological tumors are often overlooked in differential diagnosis for atrial masses. A benign tumor like fibroid, in rare circumstances, can extend into the right side of the heart causing dynamic obstruction to outflow tract, thus increasing mortality. The objective of this article is to present such a case and highlight the broad differentials of atrial masses, including IVL.
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spelling pubmed-89650432022-03-31 A Case of Syncope Due to Intracardiac Leiomyomatosis Thapa, Shrinjaya Ghimire, Bipin Thapa, Paras Billups, Tucker Cureus Cardiology We present a case of a 46-year-old female presenting with syncope. Echocardiography initially showed a right atrial mass. Further evaluation revealed a mass arising from the fundus of the uterus, with a tumor thrombus in the left gonadal vein, extending into the left renal vein and through the inferior vena cava (IVC) into the right heart across the tricuspid valve. She was managed with surgical resection, and postoperative pathology was consistent with intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL). IVL is a rare uterine smooth muscle cell neoplasm which extends into the venous system. Gynecological tumors are often overlooked in differential diagnosis for atrial masses. A benign tumor like fibroid, in rare circumstances, can extend into the right side of the heart causing dynamic obstruction to outflow tract, thus increasing mortality. The objective of this article is to present such a case and highlight the broad differentials of atrial masses, including IVL. Cureus 2022-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8965043/ /pubmed/35371771 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22666 Text en Copyright © 2022, Thapa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short A Case of Syncope Due to Intracardiac Leiomyomatosis
title_sort case of syncope due to intracardiac leiomyomatosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8965043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371771
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22666
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