Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor.
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2013-10
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Abstract
A 35‑year-old woman presented with 4 months history of progressively increasing intermittent dyspnea
and hemoptysis. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a loculated mass in the left atrium (LA).
A provisional diagnosis of LA myxoma was made. Intraoperatively the tumor was found extending into and
closely adherent to the left pulmonary vein and could not be completely cleared off from the pulmonary
venous wall. The histopathological examination of the tumor revealed it to be a myxoid malignant fibrous
histiocytoma.
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Atrial tumor, Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, Transesophageal echocardiography
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Bandyopadhyay Saikat, Banerjee Sunip, Paul Abhijit, Das Ratan Kumar. Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma involving the left pulmonary vein presenting as a left atrial tumor. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. 2013 Oct; 16(4): 293-295.