Primary cardiac liposarcoma simulating a left atrial myxoma.
This paper reports the case of cardiac tumor which had been diagnosed as a left atrial myxoma but which later on was identified as being a primary cardiac liposarcoma. The clinical characteristics of cardiac liposarcomas, the problems of differential diagnosis, the prognosis and therapy are reviewed.
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Nzayinambaho
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Noel
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Brohet
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Cosyns
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Reding
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Sonnet
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Chalant
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D012086:Reoperation