title: [Malignant histiocytofibroma of the heart simulating myxoma of the left atrium].
abstract: The authors report a case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the left atrium which was excised but rapidly recurred in a 47-year-old woman. Clinical examination, echocardiography and the absence of biochemical abnormalities were in favour of the diagnosis of left atrial myxoma. This report illustrates the clinical similarity between myxoma and sarcoma of the left atrium. Very careful anatomopathological examination of multiple sections of the tumour are necessary to distinguish it from benign tumours, especially myxomas.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Robert-Debré, CHU, Reims.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ouzan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joundi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chapoutot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doucet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baehrel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elaerts
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pluot
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Caulet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bajolet
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Histiocytofibrome malin du coeur simulant un myxome de l'oreillette gauche.