Pericarditis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis (Tb) in children. A 14-yr-old Korean boy presented with cardiac tamponade during treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. He developed worsening anemia and persistent fever in spite of anti-tuberculosis medications. Echocardiography found free floating multiple discoid masses in the pericardial effusion. The masses and exudates were removed by pe...

BACKGROUND Diagnosis of cardiac masses is still challenging by echocardiography and distinguishing tumors from thrombi has important therapeutical implications. We sought to determine the diagnostic value of real-time perfusion echocardiography (RTPE) for cardiac masses characterization. METHODS We prospectively studied 86 patients, 23 with malignant tumors (MT), 26 with benign tumors (BT), 3...

Cardiac tumors are rare in neonates, most are rhabdomyomas. Because of large size, they may cause homodynamic instability and even death in neonatal period. In 50% cases, rhabdomyoma is associated with tuberous sclerosis [1]. About 100 cases have been reported in literature [1, 3]. We are reporting a case of term neonate, with antenatally diagnosed cardiac masses, who expired at 36 h of life an...

Ante mortem cases of venous thrombosis in patients with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) have not yet been reported. We describe a rare case of NBTE in a patient with mesenteric vein thrombosis. A healthy 37-year-old man with abdominal pain and fever underwent emergency small bowel resection due to bowel ischemia resulting from mesenteric vein thrombosis. Transthoracic echocardiograp...

Cardiac tumours may display diverse symptoms through potential involvement of any structure of the heart. We describe a case of a highly malignant thymoma with involvement of different cardiac structures with important haemodynamic compromise. With the high sensitivity of transthoracic echocardiography for detection of intracardiac masses, computed tomography and magnetic resonance add essentia...

Cardiac metastases are rare, but more common than primary cardiac tumours, and metastatic melanoma involves heart or pericardium in greater than 50% of the cases, although cardiac metastasis are rarely diagnosed ante mortem because of the lack of symptoms. A multimodality approach may help to obtain a more timely diagnosis and in some cases a quicker and better diagnosis can enable a surgical r...

TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography (TEE) is an integral tool for intraoperative monitoring and diagnosis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. TEE remains a moderately invasive procedure with a very low incidence of complications, ranging from 0.2% to 1.2%. The spectrum of complications has included injury to the gastrointestinal tract, obstruction of airways, dysrhythmias, hemorrhage, or entra...

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) are rare neoplasms, which most commonly metastasize to the liver. However, intrathoracic metastases from pNETs are encountered infrequently. This report describes a case of nonfunctioning pNET with multiple cardiac metastases. A 56-year-old male presented with a palpable abdominal mass that showed progressive enlargement. Findings on computed tomography ...

Thymic cysts are particularly rare, and because most are asymptomatic, they are usually found incidentally as unsuspected masses on chest radiographs. We report two cases, one congenital and the other neoplasic thymic cysts, both presented initially as idiopathic thymic cysts, and later in association with chronic respiratory or cardiac symptoms developed in relation with widening of the medias...