Elbayomi Mohamed, Nooh Ehab, Weyand Michael, Agaimy Abbas, Harig Frank
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep. 2022 Aug 24;11(1):e50-e53. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1751028. eCollection 2022 Jan.
An 83-year-old woman presented with a new onset of dyspnea and dysphonia. Physical examination revealed no abnormalities. Computerized tomography, bidimensional echocardiography, and cardiac magnetic resonance confirmed the presence of a cardiac mass in the left atrium. Surgical resection was uneventful and showed the origin of the mass in the ostium of the left inferior pulmonary vein. Histological evaluation revealed undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma with myxoid features. This case highlights the importance of considering cardiac neoplasms as a rare differential diagnosis, including rare and misleading clinical presentations.
一名83岁女性出现新发呼吸困难和声音嘶哑。体格检查未发现异常。计算机断层扫描、二维超声心动图和心脏磁共振成像证实左心房存在心脏肿块。手术切除过程顺利,显示肿块起源于左下肺静脉口。组织学评估显示为具有黏液样特征的未分化多形性肉瘤。该病例强调了将心脏肿瘤作为罕见鉴别诊断的重要性,包括罕见且具有误导性的临床表现。