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Thorax 2007;62:280 doi:10.1136/thx.2005.054700
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Left-ventricle leiomyosarcoma: imaging by multislices computed tomography with retrospective electrocardiogram-gated reconstruction

  1. C P M Jayle1,
  2. L P Christiaens2,
  3. P Ardilouze3,
  4. S Franco4,
  5. P J Corbi5
  1. 1Unité de chirurgie thoracique et cardiaque, Beauchant, CHU Poitiers, Poiters, France
  2. 2Unité de cardiologie interventionnelle, Beauchant, CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France
  3. 3Pôle imagerie, Jean Bernard, CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France
  4. 4Unité de chirurgie thoracique et cardiaque, Beauchant, CHU Poitiers, Poiters, France
  5. 5Unité de chirurgie thoracique et cardiaque, Beauchant, CHU Poitiers, Poiters, France
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr C P M Jayle
    Unités de Chirurgies thoracique et cardiaque, Beauchant, CHU Poitiers, Poitiers 86000, France;c.jayle{at}chu-poitiers.fr

    A 49-year-old man was referred for dizziness and malaise. Echocardiogram showed a 3×2.5 cm mass within the left ventricle. A contrast-enhanced 16-row multislice computed tomography (MSCT) scan with retrospective ECG-gated reconstruction confirmed the mass, without infiltration of the left ventricular wall or marked coronary artery stenosis (fig 1). Surgical resection of the mass was performed, and 6 days later, the patient was discharged from hospital without radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

    Figure 1

     Sixteen slice computed tomographic imaging with retrospective electrocardiogram-gated …

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