[Resection with removal of a primary fibrosarcoma of the left auricle. Value of two-dimensional echocardiography in the clinical diagnosis]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1989 Mar;42(3):211-3.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

A primary fibrosarcoma was removed from the left atrium in a 58-year-old woman. We comment on the rareness of this cardiac neoplasm, the usefulness of two-dimensional echocardiogram in the clinical diagnosis of all cardiac tumors, and also the necessity for surgical treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Female
  • Fibrosarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Fibrosarcoma / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged