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SUBMITTER: Meddeb M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5987332 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meddeb Mariam M Chow Robert D RD Whipps Randolph R Haque Reyaz R
Case reports in cardiology 20180521
Uterine leiomyomas are the most common gynecological tumors in premenopausal women. While the lung is the most common extrauterine organ afflicted, benign metastasizing leiomyomas (BML) of the heart are rarities. We report an incidental finding of a cardiac mass in a 36-year-old woman who presented to the Emergency Department after a motor vehicle accident. CT scan of the chest revealed 2 well-circumscribed pulmonary nodules and a filling defect in the right ventricle. Echocardiogram showed a 4 ...[more]