Surgical treatment of primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the left atrium.
A 30-year-old patient was operated on as an emergency because of a left atrial tumor. Microscopic and electron microscopic examination of the tumor revealed it to be a myxoid variant of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The tumor subsequently recurred, and the recurrence was recognized by echocardiography. The patient died 21 months after initial operation.
D000328:Adult; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local