Cor Vasa 2013, 55(5):e457-e459 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2013.03.009

Left atrial leiomyosarcoma: A rare cause of mitral valve (pseudo)stenosis

Marie Hrdinováa, Nedal Omrana,*, Pavel Polanskýa, Jiří Veselýb, Ivo Steinerc, Zdeněk Bělobrádekd, Zdeněk ©orma
a Kardiochirurgická klinika, Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Hradci Králové a Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Česká republika
b Interní oddělení, Nemocnice Broumov, Oblastní nemocnice Náchod, Náchod, Česká republika
c Fingerlandův ústav, Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Hradci Králové a Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Česká republika
d Radiodiagnostická klinika, Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Hradci Králové a Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Česká republika

A 54-year-old lady presented with a mass in the left atrium causing an acute mitral valve pseudo-stenosis. The tumour mass was assumed to be a myxoma. The patient was scheduled for tumour mass extirpation to clear the obstruction of the mitral orifice. Histological finding from the acquired specimen showed a leiomyosarcoma, as a rare primary malignant cardiac tumour.

Keywords: AV dyssynchrony; Left atrium; Leiomyosarcoma; Mitral valve; Myxoma; Tumour

Received: January 30, 2013; Revised: March 6, 2013; Accepted: March 18, 2013; Published: October 1, 2013  Show citation

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Hrdinová M, Omran N, Polanský P, Veselý J, Steiner I, Bělobrádek Z, ©orm Z. Left atrial leiomyosarcoma: A rare cause of mitral valve (pseudo)stenosis. Cor Vasa. 2013;55(5):e457-459. doi: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2013.03.009.
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