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KMID : 0370920090260020108
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Yeungnam Univercity Journal of Medicine
2009 Volume.26 No. 2 p.108 ~ p.113
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A Case of Primary Unclassified Spindle Cell Sarcoma of the Left Atrium
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Cho Jung-Hwan
Hong Geu-Ru
Song In-Wook
Son Chang-Woo
Jung Sun-Young
Nam Jong-Ho
Kim Mi-Jin
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Abstract
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Primary cardiac tumors are very uncommon. Seventy?five percent of them are benign tumors and these are mostly myxomas. The malignant cardiac tumors, the majority of which are undifferentiated sarcomas, comprise up to 25% of all cardiac tumors. A primary malignant sarcoma of the myocardium is exceedingly rare. Thus, there have been very few such cases reported in the literature. We present here a case of a 15?year?old man who had complaints of orthopnea and increasing exercise intolerance over a one month period. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a well demarcated huge mass with left ventricular inflow obstruction on the posterior wall of the left atrium. The patient’s symptoms were relieved by surgery. The histological diagnosis was an unclassified spindle cell sarcoma.
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KEYWORD
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Spindle cell sarcoma, Left atrium
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