Malignant mesenchymoma of the heart presenting as mitral stenosis.
Malignant mesenchymoma of the left atrium obstructing the mitral orifice was revealed at autopsy in a 39-year-old woman with a history indicating mitral stenosis. Minor tumour nodules were found in the walls of the right and left ventricle together with a few distant metastases. Clinical findings in primary cardiac tumours and the rarity of primary malignant mesenchymoma of the heart are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*