Abstract
Cardiac hemangiopericytoma is a rare soft tissue tumor. We describe a case of hemangiopericytoma in the left atrium, which was diagnosed as myxoma preoperatively. A 70-year-old woman was admitted with heart failure. An echocardiogram showed a large myxoma-like mass in the left atrium, herniating into the left ventricle; therefore, an emergency operation was performed. Histological examination revealed a malignant hemangiopericytoma. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, but she died due to a local recurrence 4 months after the operation.
Keywords:
Heart atria; Heart neoplasms; Hemangiopericytoma.
© The Author(s) 2014.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
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Biopsy
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Cardiac Surgical Procedures
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Diagnostic Errors
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Disease Progression
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Echocardiography
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Emergencies
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Fatal Outcome
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Female
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Heart Atria / pathology
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Heart Atria / surgery
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Heart Failure / etiology
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Heart Neoplasms / chemistry
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Heart Neoplasms / complications
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Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
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Heart Neoplasms / surgery
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Hemangiopericytoma / chemistry
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Hemangiopericytoma / complications
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Hemangiopericytoma / pathology*
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Hemangiopericytoma / surgery
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Humans
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Immunohistochemistry
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Myxoma / pathology
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
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Predictive Value of Tests
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Time Factors
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
Supplementary concepts
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Hemangiopericytoma, Malignant