Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tumor Mimicking a Thrombus in the Main Pulmonary Artery

Echocardiography. 1997 Nov;14(6 Pt 1):611-614. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1997.tb00770.x.

Abstract

Primary sarcomas of the pulmonary artery and right ventricle are rare, and their presentation is unusual in clinical practice; therefore, their diagnosis is often missed or delayed. The progression of the obstruction from the outflow tract of the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery resembles massive pulmonary embolism. We present a case of one of these tumors which mimicked transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), a massive pulmonary embolism. We conclude that TEE represents a noninvasive method of diagnosis and evaluation when the suspicion is massive pulmonary thromboembolism or a heart tumor.