Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography  2003;11(1):35-37

Primary Myxoid Liposarcoma Arising from Pericardium.

Sang Mi YUN 1 ; Kee Sik KIM ; Hyuck Jun YOON ; Young Soo LEE ; Dae Woo HYUN ; Seung Ho HUR ; Kun Young KWON

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Keywords

Myxoid liposarcoma; Pericardium

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Primary myxoid liposarcoma of the heart is very rare. Following is a report on a 35 year old male presented with a huge, 8x8 cm sized mass along the inferior wall of right ventricle. The histologic diagnosis of the mass was primary myxoid liposarcoma of the pericardium. The patient died 5 months after diagnosis due to progressive dyspnea.