Key result
Surgical excision followed by nine courses of chemotherapy and subsequent resection of residual tumor resulted in almost complete remission and survival at more than two years.
Case Report (n=1)
Combined surgical and chemotherapeutic management can achieve prolonged survival and remission in patients with primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the left atrium.
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May support multimodality therapy in select recurrent left atrial sarcomas; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Eckstein et al. (1984) conducted a case report in Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the left atrium (n=1). Surgical excision and chemotherapy was evaluated on Tumor remission and survival. Surgical excision followed by nine courses of chemotherapy and subsequent resection of residual tumor resulted in almost complete remission and survival at more than two years.