Complete resection of a leiomyosarcoma of the left atrium invading the mitral anterior leaflet and obstructing the mitral orifice.
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.
Türkyilmaz
Erdem
E
Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Cardiology Clinic, 34846 Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yilmaz
Fatih
F
Ozkan
Alper
A
Keles
Nursen
N
Saglam
Mustafa
M
Karakaya
Osman
O
Yakut
Cevat
C
Kaymaz
Cihangir
C
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