Patil Harshal R, Singh Dushyant, Hajdu Michael
University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2411 Holmes street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Eur J Echocardiogr. 2010 May;11(4):E12. doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep201. Epub 2009 Dec 11.
We report a case of an extremely rare high-grade, undifferentiated cardiac sarcoma. The patient with left atrial myxoma resected 8 months ago presented with pneumonia, congestive heart failure, and subsequently diagnosed to have cardiac sarcoma. Transoesophageal echocardiogram played an important role in diagnosis of left atrial mass. High index of suspicion is required to diagnose left atrial tumour as initially it can present as pneumonia or congestive heart failure and left atrial tumours are not always the myxoma.
我们报告了一例极其罕见的高级别、未分化心脏肉瘤病例。该患者8个月前接受了左心房黏液瘤切除术，现出现肺炎、充血性心力衰竭，随后被诊断为心脏肉瘤。经食管超声心动图在左心房肿物的诊断中发挥了重要作用。诊断左心房肿瘤需要高度的怀疑指数，因为最初它可能表现为肺炎或充血性心力衰竭，而且左心房肿瘤并不总是黏液瘤。
