| Primary Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma
Originating from the Right Atrium |
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan)
| Takao Suzuki |
Morito Kato |
Shinichi Oki |
| Yasuhiro Tezuka |
Hiroaki Konishi |
Tsutomu Saito |
| Osamu Kamisawa |
Yoshio Misawa |
Katsuo Fuse |
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Primary malignant cardiac tumors
are extremely rare. Among these, leiomyosarcoma are particularly
exceptional and only about 20 surgically treated cases have been
extensively described. We describe a case of right atrial leiomyosarcoma
which was accidentally found by computed tomography. The tumor
was surgically resected under extracorporeal circulation. Two
months later the patient had cerebral hemorrhage due to a brain
metastasis, which almost completely disappeared after irradiation.
There was no other evidence of recurrence for 12 months after
operation.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 30: 140-142 (2001) |
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