Hypervascular Metastatic Cardiac Tumors : An Unknown Cause of Mitral Valve Prolapse

Toshiyuki ONIKI; Yuji HASHIMOTO; Yoshinori FUJINUMA; Yoshiaki MARUYAMA; Kenichi NAMBA; Michiyoshi YAJIMA; Fujio NUMANO; Hidenori MAEZAWA

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.31.78

Toshiyuki ONIKI, Yuji HASHIMOTO, Yoshinori FUJINUMA, Yoshiaki MARUYAMA, Kenichi NAMBA, Michiyoshi YAJIMA, Fujio NUMANO, Hidenori MAEZAWA

Author information

Toshiyuki ONIKI
The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine
Yuji HASHIMOTO
The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine
Yoshinori FUJINUMA
The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine
Yoshiaki MARUYAMA
The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine
Kenichi NAMBA
The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine
Michiyoshi YAJIMA
The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine
Fujio NUMANO
The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine
Hidenori MAEZAWA
The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine

Keywords: alveolar soft-part sarcoma, echocardiography, coronary arteriography

JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

1992 Volume 31 Issue 1 Pages 78-81

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.31.78

Details

Abstract

A 40-yr-old woman with alveolar soft-part sarcoma and multiple hypervascular cardiac tumors involving both left and right ventricles is reported. Papillary muscle dysfunction and mitral valve prolapse with mitral regurgitation were caused by the largest tumor in the left ventricle.
(Internal Medicine 31 : 78-81, 1992)

Corresponding author

Register with J-STAGE for free!