Immunohistochemical diagnosis of primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma in a Latin American patient

Immunohistochemical diagnosis of primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma in a Latin American patient

Primary cardiac malignancies are rare entities. Although sarcomas enclosed the main group of malignant heart neoplasms, primary cardiac leiomyosarcomas are extremely rare and constitutes less than 8% of cardiac tumors. Leiomyosarcoma usually originates from the pulmonary veins and have a worm-like s...

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Main Authors: Ruben Blachman-Braun, Carlos Manuel Aboitiz-Rivera, Alberto Aranda-Fraustro, Adrián Ransom-Rodríguez, Mario Enrique Baltazares-Lipp, Jorge Manuel Catrip-Torres, Jesús Octavio Martínez-Reding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:Rare Tumors
Subjects:
Primary cardiac tumors
leiomyosarcoma
spindle cells
smooth muscle actin
muscle specific actin
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/6669

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