Rapid Regrowth of Left Atrial Myxoid Fibrosarcoma Considered to be Myxoma after Surgical Resection.
10.3904/kjm.2015.88.6.685
- Author:
Jiwon SEO
1
;
Bora YOON
;
Jung Ho CHOI
;
Kyung Hyun CHUN
;
Hyun Chul JOO
;
Eun Ji OH
;
Sang Hak LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. shl1106@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Fibrosarcoma;
Myxoma;
Mitral valve stenosis;
Heart neoplasms
- MeSH:
Aged, 80 and over;
Dyspnea;
Edema;
Fibrosarcoma*;
Heart;
Heart Neoplasms;
Humans;
Mitral Valve;
Mitral Valve Stenosis;
Myxoma*;
Sarcoma
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2015;88(6):685-689
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
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.
