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Surgical removal of left atrial fibrosarcoma does not prevent fatal recurrence at 6 months.
Case Report (n=1)
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Intracardiac primary fibrosarcoma is a rare and highly aggressive tumor with a poor prognosis despite surgical resection.
A 58-year-old woman was hospitalized because of shortness of breath, cough, weakness, and physical signs suggestive of mitral stenosis. Echo-Doppler examination revealed a left atrial mass. This was removed and turned out to be a fibrosarcoma. Recurrence of the tumor with metastases into the pericardium, thyroid goiter, and left kidney led to the patient's death 6 months later. The clinical and pathological features of our rare case are compared with those in the literature.
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Knobel et al. (1992) conducted a case report in Intracardiac Primary Fibrosarcoma (n=1). Surgical removal of left atrial mass was evaluated on Tumor recurrence and survival. Surgical removal of a left atrial fibrosarcoma in a 58-year-old woman was followed by tumor recurrence and metastases, leading to death 6 months later.
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