Spindle cell sarcoma of the mitral valve: a rare indication for mitral valve replacement

John Nicholas Roche Massey; S Kim Suvarna; Karol Krawczyk; Steven Hunter

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezx339

Spindle cell sarcoma of the mitral valve: a rare indication for mitral valve replacement

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Mar 1;53(3):682-683. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx339.

Authors

John Nicholas Roche Massey¹, S Kim Suvarna², Karol Krawczyk¹, Steven Hunter¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
² Department of Histopathology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.

PMID: 29029000
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx339

Abstract

Primary cardiac tumours are a rare finding and even rarer cause of valvular heart disease. We report a case of cardiac spindle cell sarcoma mimicking mitral valve stenosis and the subsequent operative management.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Female
Heart Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms* / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Mitral Valve* / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve* / surgery
Sarcoma* / diagnostic imaging
Sarcoma* / surgery