Suspicious Right Heart Mass

Mohamed M. Gad, MD; Mihnea-Alexandru Găman, MD; Najdat Bazarbashi, MD; Kenneth A. Friedman, MD; Amit Gupta, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2020)

Suspicious Right Heart Mass

Mohamed M. Gad, MD,
Mihnea-Alexandru Găman, MD,
Najdat Bazarbashi, MD,
Kenneth A. Friedman, MD,
Amit Gupta, MD

Affiliations

Mohamed M. Gad, MD: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Mihnea-Alexandru Găman, MD: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Najdat Bazarbashi, MD: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Kenneth A. Friedman, MD: University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Amit Gupta, MD: University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Address for correspondence: Dr. Amit Gupta, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 51 – 54

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Benign metastasizing leiomyoma is a rare condition usually affecting women of reproductive age with a history of uterine leiomyoma and characterized by soft tissue masses in various extrauterine sites. We report a case of a 46-year-old woman with previously resected uterine leiomyoma with subsequent pulmonary and tricuspid valve lesions. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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