Baba T, Tanemoto K, Kuinose M, Kanaoka Y, Murakami T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwakuni National Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. 1998 Sep;51(10):849-52.
In this article, we report a case of primary cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The patient, 74-year-old female, had been treated medically for heart failure with minimal improvement and was referred to our hospital. Echocardiogram revealed two cardiac tumors in the left atrium, one of which was obstructing the inflow of the mitral valve. Emergent surgical resection was performed successfully with shortterm ICU stay, but the patient died of DIC on the 24th day after surgery. The pathological examination revealed malignant fibrous histiocytoma and this report is the 40th case report of this kind of primary cardiac tumor.
