Primary left atrial angiosarcoma mimicking severe mitral valve stenosis.
Primary cardiac tumours are quite rare and most of these tumours are benign. In this report, a patient presented with heart failure symptoms attributable to severe mitral valve stenosis. Echocardiography showed a dense left atrial mass causing functional mitral valve obstruction. The morphological and intraoperative presentation was highly suggestive of a myxoma but histopathological examination found a primary pedunculated cardiac angiosarcoma. The role of two dimensional and transoesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of cardiac masses and tumours is discussed.
Engelen
M
M
Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hospital of the University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Bruch
C
C
Hoffmeier
A
A
Kersting
C
C
Stypmann
J
J
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*