Intracardiac primary fibrosarcoma. Case report and literature review.
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.
Knobel
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B
Department of Medicine, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
Rosman
P
P
Kishon
Y
Y
Husar
M
M
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