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A 76-year-old man diagnosed with a rare primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma featuring prominent osteoclast-like giant cells and cardiac invasion died two months after refusing treatment.
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This case report describes a rare presentation of primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma with prominent osteoclast-like giant cells invading the left atrium.
Emphasizes rapid fatality without treatment in cardiac-invasive pulmonary leiomyosarcoma; extends sparse literature on this rare osteoclast-like giant cell variant.
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Song et al. (2004) conducted a case report in Primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma (n=1). Primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 76-year-old man diagnosed with a rare primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma featuring prominent osteoclast-like giant cells and cardiac invasion died two months after refusing treatment.
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