A Primary Cardiac Sarcoma Preoperatively Presented as a Benign Left Atrial Myxoma
Yonsei Medical Journal
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: 530-533, 2003.
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
Primary cardiac sarcomas are extremely rare. We report a case of a primary cardiac sarcoma with myxoid change, which originally presented as a benign cardiac myxoma on a two- dimensional echocardiogram. On operating, the mass was found to extend into the posterior left atrial wall, the left pulmonary vein, and the mitral valve. The patient underwent wide resection of the left atrium, a mitral valve replacement and a left pneumonectomy. The histological diagnosis was of an undifferentiated primary cardiac sarcoma. The patient had postoperative chemotherapy. The patient expired 11 months after surgery due to a recurrence of the cardiac sarcoma. Although most tumors that develop in the left atrium are benign myxomas, we should make a preoperative differential diagnosis.
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Sujet Principal:
Sarcomes
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Diagnostic différentiel
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Atrium du coeur
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Tumeurs du coeur
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Période peropératoire
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Myxome
Type d'étude:
Etude diagnostique
Limites du sujet:
Adulte
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Femelle
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Humains
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Yonsei Medical Journal
Année:
2003
Type:
Article
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