title: Intracardiac primary fibrosarcoma. Case report and literature review.
abstract: A 58-year-old woman was hospitalized because of shortness of breath, cough, weakness, and physical signs suggestive of mitral stenosis. Echo-Doppler examination revealed a left atrial mass. This was removed and turned out to be a fibrosarcoma. Recurrence of the tumor with metastases into the pericardium, thyroid goiter, and left kidney led to the patient's death 6 months later. The clinical and pathological features of our rare case are compared with those in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knobel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosman
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kishon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Husar
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary