title: Leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary veins extending into the left atrium.
abstract: Primary tumors of the great vessels are very rare. Primary leiomyosarcomas of the pulmonary vein are extremely rare and little is known about their clinical manifestation and treatment. We report the case of a 34-year-old patient with primary leiomyosarcoma of the pulmonary vein extending into the left atrium. A review of the clinical manifestation and treatment of 24 cases including our own is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Daemyung-4-dong, Nam-gu, 3056-6, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery