Rapidly progressing left atrial hemangiopericytoma.
Cardiac hemangiopericytoma is a rare soft tissue tumor. We describe a case of hemangiopericytoma in the left atrium, which was diagnosed as myxoma preoperatively. A 70-year-old woman was admitted with heart failure. An echocardiogram showed a large myxoma-like mass in the left atrium, herniating into the left ventricle; therefore, an emergency operation was performed. Histological examination revealed a malignant hemangiopericytoma. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, but she died due to a local recurrence 4 months after the operation.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Tamami
T
Nakamura
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan h-ito@simo.saiseikai.or.jp.
Hiroshi
H
Ito
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Kensuke
K
Sakata
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Yurio
Y
Kobayashi
D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D018450:Disease Progression; D004452:Echocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
Heart atria; Heart neoplasms; Hemangiopericytoma