Asymptomatic metastatic osteosarcoma to the right ventricle : Case report and review of the literature

Metastatic cardiac tumors are far more common than primary tumors, and benign primary cardiac tumors are common than malignant tumors. We report a 22-year-old Saudi woman with right femur osteosarcoma who was found to have a large right ventricular mass by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the Saudi Heart Association. - 1999. - 25(2013), 1 vom: 03. Jan., Seite 39-42
1. Verfasser:	Elasfar, Abdelfatah (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Khalifa, Ahmed, Alghamdi, Abdulaziz, Khalid, Rizwan, Ibrahim, Mohamed, Kashour, Tarek
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Schlagworte:	Journal Article CT, computed tomography Cardiac osteosarcoma Cardiac tumors FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose Intracardiac metastasis MRI, magnetic resonance imaging PET, positron emission tomography RV, right ventricle TEE, and transesophageal echocardiography TTE, transthoracic echocardiography