A5109141738- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
- Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- Voice and Speech Disorders
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2023-2025
University of California, San Francisco
1995
First echocardiographic detection of esophageal stent.
A 57-year-old woman with a malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast and recent bilateral pulmonary emboli presented an incidental intracardiac mass on transthoracic echocardiography. Because concern for clot burden aspiration, thrombectomy was performed. Pathology findings were consistent spindle-cell sarcoma histologically similar to tumor. Current treatment strategies this condition include chemotherapy surgery. Aspiration typically is performed retrieval venous thromboemboli; however, our...
Background: Malignant phyllodes tumors with cardiac involvement are rare, presenting diagnostic and management challenges. The benefits of medical surgical therapies remain unclear. Large-bore aspiration devices currently only approved for retrieval venous thromboemboli but may present a valid option diagnosis treatment intracardiac masses in high risk patients. Case Summary: We the case 57-year-old female malignant tumor breast bilateral pulmonary emboli who presented an incidental complex...