MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA OF THE HEART

NORIKO HAMADA; MASUNORI MATSUZAKI; REIZO KUSUKAWA; YASUHIRO FUJII; RIKIO YAMAKI; MICHIYOSHI MASUDA; SHIGEKI TANI

doi:10.1253/jcj.44.361

NORIKO HAMADA, MASUNORI MATSUZAKI, REIZO KUSUKAWA, YASUHIRO FUJII, RIKIO YAMAKI, MICHIYOSHI MASUDA, SHIGEKI TANI

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Keywords: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, Primary cardiac tumor, Atrial myxoma, Echocardiograpohy

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1980 Volume 44 Issue 5 Pages 361-368

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/jcj.44.361

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Abstract

A 33-year-old woman presented signs and symptoms which suggested mitral stenosis and insufficiency. Subsequent echocardiographic and angiographic testing demonstrated a left atrial tumor which was suspected clinically to be a left atrial myxoma. At surgery, the tumor was partially resected and histological examination revealed that the mass to be a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. At autopsy, the tumor was found to be localized in the heart, and there was no metastasis.

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