title: Leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary veins with extension to the left atrium.
abstract: A leiomyosarcoma of the right pulmonary vein in a 43-year-old woman extended to the right atrial wall and compromised the posterior mitral leaflet. Successful surgical treatment was accomplished with a right pneumonectomy, partial resection of the left atrial wall, and mitral valve replacement under cardiopulmonary bypass. Six months later a mediastinal recurrence with extension to the left hemithorax was treated with resection and postoperative radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine, University of Concepción, Chile.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gyhra
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Santander
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Alarcón
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Mucientes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carrillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*