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Primary cardiac liposarcoma simulating a left atrial myxoma.

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Nzayinambaho, K. Cosyns, Jean-Pierre [UCL] Noël, Henri [UCL] Brohet, Christian [UCL] Reding, Raymond [UCL] Chalant, Charles [UCL]

This paper reports the case of cardiac tumor which had been diagnosed as a left atrial myxoma but which later on was identified as being a primary cardiac liposarcoma. The clinical characteristics of cardiac liposarcomas, the problems of differential diagnosis, the prognosis and therapy are reviewed.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Case Reports, Journal Article
Publication date 1985
Journal information "The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon" - Vol. 33, no. 3, p. 193-5 (1985)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0171-6425
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
UCL
MESH Subject Diagnosis, Differential ; Echocardiography ; Heart Atria - pathology ; Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis - pathology ; Humans ; Liposarcoma - diagnosis - pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Myxoma - diagnosis - pathology ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology ; Reoperation
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Bibliographic reference Nzayinambaho, K. ; Cosyns, Jean-Pierre ; Noël, Henri ; Brohet, Christian ; Reding, Raymond ; et. al. Primary cardiac liposarcoma simulating a left atrial myxoma.. In: The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, Vol. 33, no. 3, p. 193-5 (1985)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/26520