Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the heart.
A 72-year-old male diagnosed with heart failure and dyspnea was found to have a lesion in his right atrium. Histological examination of the tumor revealed it to be a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The patient's management and subsequent follow-up are presented.
Skarysz
Janusz
J
1 Department of Cardiosurgery, Medical University of Silesia, ul. Ziołowa 45-47, 40-635 Katowice, Poland. jdoctor@wp.pl
Golka
Dariusz
D
Krejca
Michal
M
Bochenek
Andrzej
A
D000368:Aged; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male