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Intracardiac EUS-B-Guided FNA for Diagnosing Cardiac Tumors.
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- The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Cardiology: Clinical Applications and Future Perspectives, a New Era of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Intervention.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Hand-drawn mapping for bronchoscopic navigation and endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in a pericardial mass invading the main pulmonary artery.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2026Article
- Cardiac mass in a patient with HIV infection: A case report and literature review.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Article
- Multimodal cardiac imaging and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for accurate diagnosis and management of giant primary pericardial schwannoma: a case report with literature review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical Applications of Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Scope: Challenges and Opportunities.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with cardiac invasion diagnosed using transesophageal ultrasound-guided bronchoscopic aspiration.Respirology case reports · 2022Article
- Endobronchial ultrasound guided intracardiac needle aspiration (EBUS-ICNA).BMJ case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Primary cardiac tumors are extremely rare. Obtaining a tissue diagnosis is difficult and commonly requires open-heart surgery with associated morbidity. Esophageal endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and EUS with the EBUS scope (EUS-B) provide real-time sampling of centrally located lung tumors and mediastinal lymph nodes. They also provide an excellent view of the left atrium, since it is located adjacent to the esophagus. To date, left atrium tumor diagnostics by endosonography is poorly explored. We describe 2 exceptional diagnostic cases of left atrium tumors in which cardiac surgery was hazardous due to the clinical condition or previous surgical interventions. During EUS-B-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA), the left atrial masses were successfully and safely sampled, revealing a Burkitt lymphoma and a synovial sarcoma. FNA including cell block analysis enabled specific tumor diagnosis and molecular subtyping. Our findings suggest that in selected cases, linear endosonography qualifies as a minimally invasive technique for intracardiac tumor diagnostics.
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