title: Metastasizing primary atrial leiomyosarcoma causing a functional high-grade mitral stenosis.
abstract: We report the case of a 43-year-old man who presented with a primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma and multiple metastases. Despite the severely poor prognosis, cardiac surgery was performed as part of a multidisciplinary palliative approach, which paved the way for further chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany. manuel.wilbring@gmail.com
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilbring
authors.forename: Utz
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kappert
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Daubner
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matschke
authors.forename: Sems Malte
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tugtekin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome