Primary undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of the left atrium that presented as acute pulmonary edema

Yonsei Med J. 2007 Feb 28;48(1):131-4. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.1.131.

Abstract

A 37-year-old woman was admitted to Dong-A University Hospital for rapidly progressive congestive heart failure. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a large mass with a stalk that appeared to be a myxoma on the posterior wall of the left atrium. However, the histological diagnosis was undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. We report a case of primary undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of the left atrium with acute pulmonary edema caused by mitral inflow obstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Edema / pathology*
  • Sarcoma / complications
  • Sarcoma / pathology*