Key result
Surgical excision confirms a huge left atrial mass as leiomyosarcoma.
Case Report (n=1)
Primary pulmonary vein leiomyosarcoma is a rare entity that can present as a left atrial mass on echocardiography.
Left atrial leiomyosarcoma may mimic common masses on echo; case report leaves open optimal diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
We represent a case of 47 years old known diabetic Sudanese lady with a 6 months history of productive cough with blood tinged sputum. Her initial chest X ray and CT scan revealed a right pleural effusion which was negative for TB and malignancy. Two months later she experienced increasing dysponea. A huge left atrial mass was discovered during echocardiographic evaluation which proved to be Leiomyosarcoma after surgical excision and histopathological examination.
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El-Hassan et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Primary pulmonary vein leiomyosarcoma (n=1). Surgical excision and histopathological examination was evaluated on Diagnosis of Leiomyosarcoma. A huge left atrial mass discovered during echocardiographic evaluation in a 47-year-old woman was proven to be leiomyosarcoma after surgical excision and histopathological examination.
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