Intracardiac leiomyomatosis: diagnosis and treatment
F Politzer,
I Kronzon,
R Wieczorek,
H Feiner,
LE De Marco,
PR Weintraub,
RE Schlossman,
and
S Hisler
Intracardiac leiomyomatosis is the presence of a benign smooth muscle tumor within a cardiac chamber reaching the heart by direct intravenous extension from an extracardiac source. After a case report and a review of the 13 previously reported cases, the clinical features, diagnostic considerations, differential diagnosis and treatment modalities of intracardiac leiomyomatosis are discussed.
