Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor

Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor

A 35-year-old woman presented with 4 months history of progressively increasing intermittent dyspnea and hemoptysis. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a loculated mass in the left atrium (LA). A provisional diagnosis of LA myxoma was made. Intraoperatively the tumor was found extending into an...

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Main Authors: Saikat Bandyopadhyay, Sunip Banerjee, Abhijit Paul, Ratan Kumar Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Atrial tumor; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Transesophageal echocardiography
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2013;volume=16;issue=4;spage=293;epage=295;aulast=Bandyopadhyay
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spelling doaj-a19888b48f8142afa5e5df9225a839c82020-11-25T01:38:29ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Cardiac Anaesthesia0971-97842013-01-0116429329510.4103/0971-9784.119184Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumorSaikat BandyopadhyaySunip BanerjeeAbhijit PaulRatan Kumar DasA 35-year-old woman presented with 4 months history of progressively increasing intermittent dyspnea and hemoptysis. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a loculated mass in the left atrium (LA). A provisional diagnosis of LA myxoma was made. Intraoperatively the tumor was found extending into and closely adherent to the left pulmonary vein and could not be completely cleared off from the pulmonary venous wall. The histopathological examination of the tumor revealed it to be a myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma.http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2013;volume=16;issue=4;spage=293;epage=295;aulast=BandyopadhyayAtrial tumor; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Transesophageal echocardiography
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author Saikat Bandyopadhyay
Sunip Banerjee
Abhijit Paul
Ratan Kumar Das
spellingShingle Saikat Bandyopadhyay
Sunip Banerjee
Abhijit Paul
Ratan Kumar Das
Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor
Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Atrial tumor; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Transesophageal echocardiography
author_facet Saikat Bandyopadhyay
Sunip Banerjee
Abhijit Paul
Ratan Kumar Das
author_sort Saikat Bandyopadhyay
title Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor
title_short Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor
title_full Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor
title_fullStr Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor
title_full_unstemmed Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor
title_sort primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
issn 0971-9784
publishDate 2013-01-01
description A 35-year-old woman presented with 4 months history of progressively increasing intermittent dyspnea and hemoptysis. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a loculated mass in the left atrium (LA). A provisional diagnosis of LA myxoma was made. Intraoperatively the tumor was found extending into and closely adherent to the left pulmonary vein and could not be completely cleared off from the pulmonary venous wall. The histopathological examination of the tumor revealed it to be a myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
topic Atrial tumor; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Transesophageal echocardiography
url http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2013;volume=16;issue=4;spage=293;epage=295;aulast=Bandyopadhyay
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