title: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the heart.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, SA6 6NL, United Kingdom mesbah@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mesbah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Deborah S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Gethin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: O'keefe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy