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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