title: Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart subsequent to double carcinomas of the thyroid and lung.
abstract: A 63-year-old woman underwent surgical operations for left lower lung cancer and for thyroid cancer. Nine months later, a third cancer developed in her heart and this tumor was removed by open heart surgery. A pathologic study revealed that the tumor was primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart and thus independent from the previous lung and thyroid carcinomas. This case was regarded as a triple carcinoma including a primary leiomyosarcoma arising from the left atrium. Reports in the literature on primary malignant tumors of the heart are reviewed briefly.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Muroran City General Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimoshige
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Komura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kikuiri
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*