title: Leiomyosarcoma of the right inferior pulmonary vein: 2 years survival with multimodality therapy.
abstract: Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart is an extremely rare and aggressive tumor. The authors report a case of a 29-year-old man with a leiomyosarcoma of the right inferior pulmonary vein who underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. The patient experienced two local recurrences and he finally died 2 years after onset of symptoms because of multiple distal metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 Bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France. a.galeone@email.it
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galeone
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Validire
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Debrosse
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Folliguet
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laborde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*