title: Pericardial mesothelioma presenting as left atrial thrombus in a patient with mitral stenosis.
abstract: Primary pericardial mesothelioma is rare and remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Pericardial mesothelioma usually occurs independently of intracardiac lesions and infiltrates adjacent tissues superficially. An extremely rare case of malignant pericardial mesothelioma complicated by prior mitral valve surgery is reported. The tumour invaded the left atrium and mimicked a thrombus.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*