Left ventricular malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
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.
Chung
Ta-Jung
TJ
Department of Radiology, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan. tjchung@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Cheng
Lili
L
Yu
Chin-Ying
CY
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
D003287:Contrast Media