Primary Sarcoma of the Heart With Report of a Case

Case Reports1 December 1948PRIMARY SARCOMA OF THE HEART WITH REPORT OF A CASEPALMER A. SHELBURNE, M.D.PALMER A. SHELBURNE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-29-6-1139 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptEighty-two cases of primary sarcoma of the heart have been found to be reported prior to December, 1946, including 76 cases collected in excellent reviews of the literature by Perlstein,1 Yater,2 and Weir.3 Antemortem diagnosis has been made in only five cases.5 It is the purpose of this report to relate the clinical course and to describe bizarre manifestations in a patient who died of this disease after six months' observation.CASE REPORTW. H. V., a white man, American, aged 29, married, was admitted to the Wesley Long Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina, June 23, 1946, complaining of left anterior...Bibliography1. PERLSTEIN I: Sarcoma of the heart, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1918, clvi, 214. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. YATER WM: Tumors of heart and pericardium; pathology, symptomatology, and report of nine cases, Arch. Int. Med., 1931, xlviii, 627. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WEIRJONES DRBC: Primary sarcoma of heart: report of case, Am. Heart Jr., 1941, xxii, 556-560. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FRIEDMANSIMARDSCHWARTZ BEEI (a) : Unusual primary leiomyosarcoma of heart, Am. Heart Jr., 1945, xxx, 299-308. (b) HAMILTON, PATTERSON, and CASTLEDON, L. I. M.: Intra cardiac tumours, Brit. Heart Jr., 1942, iv, 103-114. (c) STRAUS, R., and MERLISS, R.: Primary tumor of heart, Arch. Path., 1945, xxxix, 74-78. (d) TEDESCHI, C.: Primary sarcoma of heart, Arch. Path., 1944, xxxvii, 70-77. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. BARNESBEAVERSNELL ARDCAM (a) : Primary sarcoma of heart; report of case with electrocardiographic and pathological studies, Am. Heart Jr. 1934, ix, 480-491. (b) POPP, L.: Über die Herzeschwulste in Verbindung mit einem Falle von Sarkom des rechten Vohofohres, Fortschr. a. d. Rontgenstr., 1932, xlvi, 23-28. (c) RAVID, J. M., and SACHS, J.: Tumors of heart with report of fibromyxosarcoma of left auricle and pulmonary vein, associated with multiple tumors of mesentery and alimentary tract, Am. Heart Jr., 1943, xxvi, 385-397. (d) SHELBURNE, S. A.: Diagnosis of tumors of heart and pericardium; description of syndrome encountered in three cases, which led to antemortem diagnosis in one case, Texas State Jr. Med., 1935, xxxi, 433-436. (e) WEIR, D. R., and JONES, B. C., JR.: Primary sarcoma of heart, report of case, Am. Heart Jr., 1941, xxii, 556-560. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Greensboro, North Carolina*Received for publication June 13, 1947. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPulmonic stenosis caused by a malignant tumor of the heartPrimary reticulum-cell sarcoma of the heart with review of the literaturePrimary angiosarcoma of the heartPrimary hemangio-endothelial sarcoma of the heart 1 December 1948Volume 29, Issue 6Page: 1139-1148KeywordsCardiovascular therapyHeartHeart diseasesSarcoma ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...