title: Left ventricular malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
abstract: Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the heart is rare. A 39-year-old male with symptoms of infectious endocarditis was transferred to our hospital. Transesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass in the left ventricle of heart with a short stalk attached to the lateral wall. He underwent open heart surgery, resecting the tumor. The pathologic diagnosis was MFH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan. tjchung@mail.ncku.edu.tw
authors.forename: Ta-Jung
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Chin-Ying
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D051677:Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media