Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal
Abstract
Excision of a predominantly intracavitary right atrial tumor, which mimicked a number ofother clinical disorders, effected a 20-year cure. Microscopic, ultrastructural, and immunocytochemical characteristics of the tumor were those of smooth muscle; cellular anaplasia, mitotic activity and tumor infiltration of the auricular myocardium indicated malignant neoplasia, a leiomyosarcoma. Distribution of the tumor was consistent with its origin from the auricular endocardium.
Recommended Citation
Fine, Gerald and Raju, B. Usha
(1985)
"Leiomyosarcoma of the Heart: A Twenty-Year Cure,"
Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal
: Vol. 33
:
No.
1
, 41-44.
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https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/hfhmedjournal/vol33/iss1/11