title: An unusual cause of pulmonary edema.
abstract: Primary cardiac tumors are rare malignancies. Patients may present with congestive cardiac failure due to intracavitary obstruction to blood flow, valvular dysfunction, embolic phenomena, local invasion resulting in arrhythmias, pericardial involvement, constitutional symptoms, or paraneoplastic syndromes. We describe the case of a previously fit 79-year-old woman who presented with acute pulmonary edema due to a large left atrial pleomorphic sarcoma causing severe functional mitral stenosis. She underwent palliative debulking surgery with good symptomatic relief.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: Sudhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wahi
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Finn
authors.forename: Pallav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Heart atria; heart neoplasms; pulmonary edema; sarcoma