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KMID : 0882420150880060685
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2015 Volume.88 No. 6 p.685 ~ p.689
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Rapid Regrowth of Left Atrial Myxoid Fibrosarcoma Considered to be Myxoma after Surgical Resection
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Seo Ji-Won
Yoon Bo-Ra
Choi Jung-Ho
Chun Kyung-Hyun
Joo Hyun-Chul
Oh Eun-Ji
Lee Sang-Hak
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Abstract
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Malignant primary cardiac tumors are rare with the most common type among them being sarcomas. However, a myxoid sarcoma in the heart is very rare and differentiating it from from cardiac myxoma is often difficult. Here, we report a case of rapid regrowth of a left atrial tumor after surgical resection that was finally diagnosed as cardiac myxoid fibrosarcoma. An 82-year-old man, who underwent resection of a cardiac tumor 3 months ago, presented with severe dyspnea and peripheral edema. He was diagnosed with a mitral valve obstruction due to the regrowth of a huge left atrial tumor. The patient had a second resection and the resected tumor was finally diagnosed as myxoid fibrosarcoma.
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KEYWORD
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Fibrosarcoma, Myxoma, Mitral valve stenosis, Heart neoplasms
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