title: [Primary liposarcoma of the left ventricle. Apropos of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: Primary malignant myocardial tumours are rare and essentially sarcomas. The authors report a case of primary left ventricular liposarcoma which is the 18th reported case. The presenting signs were of cardiac failure. Metastases are common by the time of diagnosis. Surgical ablation, though rarely complete because of its myocardial localisation, is justified for precise histological diagnosis. The prognosis of these lesions is poor. Complementary treatment is rarely used. However, it should be proposed as surgery alone has been shown to have limited curative applications.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie cardiaque et transplantations cardio-thoraciques, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Nancy-Brabois, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pinelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trihn
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Carteaux
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Mertes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dopff
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hubert
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Villemot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Liposarcome primitif du ventricule gauche. A propos d'un cas et revue de la littérature.