Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the heart.
A 32-year-old man presented with dyspnea, chest pain, palpitations and ankle edema and was found to have a tumor involving the heart. This was diagnosed as malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a rare sarcoma of the heart. Immunohistochemistry was utilized to establish the diagnosis. The details of the patient's clinical course, and imaging findings with morphological and immunohistochemistry data are reported.
Rahman
Mesbah
M
Cardiac Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, SA6 6NL, United Kingdom mesbah@hotmail.com
Cook
Deborah S
DS
Ellis
Gethin
G
O'keefe
Peter A
PA
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy