Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart subsequent to double carcinomas of the thyroid and lung.
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.
Fukuoka
M
M
Division of Cardiology, Muroran City General Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
Hagiwara
M
M
Shimoshige
S
S
Hirata
A
A
Adachi
T
T
Komura
H
H
Shoji
T
T
Kikuiri
T
T
Ikeda
K
K
Kimura
N
N
Fujisawa
Y
Y
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*