Small Intestinal Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Metastasis in the Left Ventricle Aleksejus Zorinas, MD, Donatas Austys, MBS, Vilius Janusauskas, MD, Mantas Trakymas, PhD, Monika Tamulionyte, MD, Dmitrij Seinin, MD, Rimantas Karalius, PhD, Audrius Aidietis, PhD, Rimantas Stukas, PhD, Kestutis Rucinskas, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 1, Pages e31-e33 (January 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.099 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (a) Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in long-axis view. (b) Echocardiographic long-axis view. (c) Short-axis view. (Ao = ascending aorta; LA = left atrium; LV = left ventricle; RV = right ventricle; T = tumor.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, e31-e33DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.099) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Intraoperative macroscopic view of the tumor: (a) size comparison with 20-mL syringe and (b) longitudinal cross-section of the tumor. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, e31-e33DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.099) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Myofibroblastic spindle and oval tumor cells, perivascular epithelioid cells, focal inflammatory infiltration. (a) Cardiac tumor. (b) Small intestinal tumor. Hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification ×200. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, e31-e33DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.099) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions