Left atrial leiomyosarcoma: double occurrence and double recurrence--report of one case

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1998 Dec;11(12):1171-6. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(98)80017-5.

Abstract

In October 1996 a 67-year-old man underwent transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) because of dyspnea on exertion and was found to have 2 left atrial cardiac masses. The 2 masses were surgically removed from the atrium and showed histopathologic and ultrastructural features of a leiomyosarcoma. Seven months later a double recurrence of left atrial masses was found with TEE; the patient refused surgery and decided instead to receive chemotherapy. In May 1998 he was in stable condition (New York Heart Association class III), but a further growth of the 2 left atrial masses was observed at TEE. We describe the echocardiographic features of the 2 cardiac masses and the clinical and prognostic implications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Leiomyosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Leiomyosarcoma / surgery
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / diagnostic imaging*