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Case Reports
. 2007 Nov-Dec;31(6):422-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2007.03.002.

Left ventricular malignant fibrous histiocytoma

Ta-Jung Chung  1 , Lili Cheng, Chin-Ying Yu
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Case Reports

Left ventricular malignant fibrous histiocytoma

Ta-Jung Chung et al. Clin Imaging. 2007 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the heart is rare. A 39-year-old male with symptoms of infectious endocarditis was transferred to our hospital. Transesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass in the left ventricle of heart with a short stalk attached to the lateral wall. He underwent open heart surgery, resecting the tumor. The pathologic diagnosis was MFH.

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