title: Leiomyosarcoma protruding into the left ventricle during diastole: report of a case.
abstract: Cardiac leiomyosarcoma is a rare tumor with poor survival prospects. Surgery prolongs survival, but the tumor often recurs early after surgery. The diagnosis is often made by transthoracic echocardiography. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography are required to characterize the location and extent of cardiac masses. In this report, we present a patient with a leiomyosarcoma that was resected completely. The tumor was located in the left atrium, mimicked a myxoma, and protruded into the left ventricle during diastole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Gaziantep, Turkey. hayatideniz@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hayati
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Denız
authors.forename: Senem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koruk
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kırbas
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Atık
authors.forename: Ozerdem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozcalıskan
authors.forename: Hasim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ustunsoy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed