Shah A A, Churg A, Sbarbaro J A, Sheppard J M, Lamberti J
Cancer. 1978 Nov;42(5):2466-71. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197811)42:5<2466::aid-cncr2820420549>3.0.co;2-a.
A 37-year-old woman presented with signs and symptoms suggestive of mitral stenosis and insufficiency. Subsequent evaluation demonstrated a left atrial tumor which was suspected clinically and at the time of initial surgery to be an atrial myxoma. Histologic examination revealed that the tumor was actually a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Despite near total removal at surgery and subsequent radiotherapy, the tumor recurred within six months in the left atrium. Re-excision was followed by a third recurrence in the same site.
