title: Complete resection of a leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium invading the mitral anterior leaflet and obstructing the mitral orifice.
abstract: Cardiac leiomyosarcomas are rare and highly invasive malignant tumors. We report a 29-year-old female with mitral stenosis symptomatology due to a left atrial leiomyosarcoma invading mitral anterior leaflet.
authors.affiliation: Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Cardiology Clinic, 34846 Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Türkyilmaz
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Nursen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keles
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saglam
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karakaya
authors.forename: Cevat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yakut
authors.forename: Cihangir
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaymaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography