Carcinosarcoma of the heart.
A unique intracardiac tumor arising in the left atrial wall is described. The patient presented with the classical clinical features of left atrial myxoma. The resected tumor was histologically malignant and showed features of a carcinosarcoma, a tumor type which has not previously been reported to arise in the heart. Histogenetically, this tumor may represent the malignant counterpart of cardiac myxoma.
D000328:Adult; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans