Left atrial high-grade rhabdomyosarcoma; an unusual location
| Autor: | Ajeet Bana, Ravindra Singh Rao, Hemant Chaturvedi, Navneet Mehta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty New York Heart Association Class Bioprosthetic valve Heart Neoplasms Left atrial Surgical removal Rhabdomyosarcoma Medicine Humans Exertion Heart Atria business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Echocardiography Mitral Valve Histopathology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Interatrial septum |
| Zdroj: | Asian cardiovascularthoracic annals. 29(9) |
| ISSN: | 1816-5370 |
| Popis: | A 63-year-old diabetic and hypertensive lady presented in New York Heart Association class III–IV dyspnea on exertion. Echocardiography showed a large mass attached to the anterior mitral leaflet and the base of the interatrial septum. After removal of the mass and excision of the anterior and posterior mitral leaflets, a bioprosthetic valve was deployed. The postoperative course was uneventful. Histopathology showed that the tumor was a high-grade rhabdomyosarcoma. Although it is a highly lethal tumor, surgical removal was indicated to relieve dyspnea, clarify the diagnosis, and improve short-term survival. Our patient survived for 8 months after surgical excision. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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