Diagnosis of a cardiac metastasis of a fibrosarcoma by two-dimensional echocardiography

Bluschke, V.; Köhler, E.; Ruppert, C.; Böcker, K.

Zeitschrift für Kardiologie 70(6): 492-494

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5860
PMID: 7257505
Document Number: 169623
A case of a 32 year-old male with a cardiac metastasis of a fibrosarcoma is reported. The patient suffered from chest pain, the ECG revealed deep negative T-waves in the precordial leads. A tumor in the apical region of the left ventricle was found by two dimensional echocardiography, whereas the diagnosis was not possible by the M-mode recording.

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