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Caspian J Intern Med 2019, 10(2): 228-230 Back to browse issues page
Left Atrial Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma with Right Atrium Invasion
Mehrnoush Toufan-Tabrizi , Rezayat Parvizi , Najmeh Reshadati , Behrooz Shokouhi
Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , raharasha@yahoo.com
Abstract:   (4657 Views)

Background: Primary cardiac tumors are rare (0.001 to 0.03%). Malignant tumors account for 25%, of which 75% are cardiac sarcomas.
Case Persentation: Here, we report a case of a 57-year-old male with palpitation and history of left atrial (LA) myxoma resection presented to cardiology clinic for postsurgical follow up and transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large non-homogenous mass in LA with right atrium invasion, which was confirmed by trans-esophageal echocardiography. The patient underwent surgical resection of tumor and the pathological diagnosis was malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH).
Conclusion: MFH could be asymptomatic and the diagnosis be established as a surgical or complementary examination. In patients with history of myxoma resection and cardiac masses, further evaluation is recommended.

 

Keywords: Cardiac tumors, Histiocyroma, Palpitation, Surgery
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Type of Study: case report | Subject: Cardiology
Received: 2017/07/17 | Accepted: 2017/11/22 | Published: 2019/05/13



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