Primary malignant mesenchymoma of the heart

Primary malignant mesenchymoma of the heart

Primary malignant cardiac tumours are uncommon, and cardiac malignant mesenchymoma is extremely rare. A case of primary malignant mesenchymoma in a 41-year-old woman arousing from the left atrial septum, obstructing the mitral orifice by passing through it into the left ventricle is described. The t...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery 2002-01, Vol.21 (1), p.124-126
Hauptverfasser: Kutsal, Ali, Tansal, Selim, Okutan, Hüseyin, Tuncer, İlhan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac tumours
Cardiology. Vascular system
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart
Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement
Heart neoplasms
Heart Neoplasms - drug therapy
Heart Neoplasms - pathology
Heart Neoplasms - surgery
Heart surgery
Humans
Medical sciences
Mesenchymoma
Mesenchymoma - drug therapy
Mesenchymoma - pathology
Mesenchymoma - surgery
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Primary malignant cardiac tumours are uncommon, and cardiac malignant mesenchymoma is extremely rare. A case of primary malignant mesenchymoma in a 41-year-old woman arousing from the left atrial septum, obstructing the mitral orifice by passing through it into the left ventricle is described. The tumour was fully resected, and adjuvant chemotherapy was applied, but the patient had died by tumour recurrence in 8 months.
ISSN:1010-7940
1873-734X
DOI:10.1016/S1010-7940(01)01045-4