title: Left atrial angiosarcoma: an unusual presentation and location.
abstract: Primary sarcomas are aggressive tumors with a predilection for the right side of the heart. The case is reported of a patient with a highly aggressive angiosarcoma occupying the entire left atrium, who presented with a rapidly progressive history of dyspnea. The tumor was resected surgically and found to be invading the left pulmonary veins. Unfortunately, the patient had a recurrence within three months of surgery and died one year after the first presentation. A brief review of the relevant literature is also provided.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. Smasroor@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Saqib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masroor
authors.forename: Rammohan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marla
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome