A rare case of cardiac tumor: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

Cardiac tumors are generally benign; however, they can rarely be malignant. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is a type of sarcoma. Cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytomas are clinically and histologically confused with atrial myxomas. In this case report, we present a patient who was administered to t...

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Main Authors: Hasan Sarı, Yakup Alsancak, Sefa Tatar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Surgery and Medicine 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Surgery and Medicine
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/josam/issue/56401/698065
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spelling doaj-8db7ec42467c4bf4bc49b2dde387ccc92021-05-20T06:35:16ZengJournal of Surgery and MedicineJournal of Surgery and Medicine2602-20792020-08-014871371510.28982/josam.6980651122A rare case of cardiac tumor: Malignant fibrous histiocytomaHasan Sarı0Yakup Alsancak1Sefa Tatar2MERAM FACULTY OF MEDICINEMERAM FACULTY OF MEDICINEMERAM FACULTY OF MEDICINECardiac tumors are generally benign; however, they can rarely be malignant. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is a type of sarcoma. Cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytomas are clinically and histologically confused with atrial myxomas. In this case report, we present a patient who was administered to the hospital with non-specific complaints, determined to have an intracardiac mass and subsequently diagnosed with malignant fibrous histiocytoma, which shortly recurred in the form of intracardiac masses after postoperative chemotherapy.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/josam/issue/56401/698065kardiyak tümörmalign fibröz histiyositomacerrahi tedavikemoterapinükscardiac tumor malignant fibrous histiocytomaoperative therapychemotherapyrecurrence
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author Hasan Sarı
Yakup Alsancak
Sefa Tatar
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Yakup Alsancak
Sefa Tatar
A rare case of cardiac tumor: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
Journal of Surgery and Medicine
kardiyak tümör
malign fibröz histiyositoma
cerrahi tedavi
kemoterapi
nüks
cardiac tumor
malignant fibrous histiocytoma
operative therapy
chemotherapy
recurrence
author_facet Hasan Sarı
Yakup Alsancak
Sefa Tatar
author_sort Hasan Sarı
title A rare case of cardiac tumor: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
title_short A rare case of cardiac tumor: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
title_full A rare case of cardiac tumor: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
title_fullStr A rare case of cardiac tumor: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of cardiac tumor: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
title_sort rare case of cardiac tumor: malignant fibrous histiocytoma
publisher Journal of Surgery and Medicine
series Journal of Surgery and Medicine
issn 2602-2079
publishDate 2020-08-01
description Cardiac tumors are generally benign; however, they can rarely be malignant. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is a type of sarcoma. Cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytomas are clinically and histologically confused with atrial myxomas. In this case report, we present a patient who was administered to the hospital with non-specific complaints, determined to have an intracardiac mass and subsequently diagnosed with malignant fibrous histiocytoma, which shortly recurred in the form of intracardiac masses after postoperative chemotherapy.
topic kardiyak tümör
malign fibröz histiyositoma
cerrahi tedavi
kemoterapi
nüks
cardiac tumor
malignant fibrous histiocytoma
operative therapy
chemotherapy
recurrence
url https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/josam/issue/56401/698065
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