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Case Reports
. 1990 Jun;83(7):1011-3.

[Malignant histiocytofibroma of the heart simulating myxoma of the left atrium]

[Article in French]
J Ouzan  1 , A Joundi, L Chapoutot, J Doucet, B Baehrel, J Elaerts, M Pluot, T Caulet, A Bajolet
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  • PMID: 2164364
Case Reports

[Malignant histiocytofibroma of the heart simulating myxoma of the left atrium]

[Article in French]
J Ouzan et al. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1990 Jun.

Abstract

The authors report a case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the left atrium which was excised but rapidly recurred in a 47-year-old woman. Clinical examination, echocardiography and the absence of biochemical abnormalities were in favour of the diagnosis of left atrial myxoma. This report illustrates the clinical similarity between myxoma and sarcoma of the left atrium. Very careful anatomopathological examination of multiple sections of the tumour are necessary to distinguish it from benign tumours, especially myxomas.

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