Open AccessPrimary pulmonary vein leiomyosarcoma presenting as left atrial mass: A case report
Author(s) -
Nezar B Elhassan,
Ahmed A Faragalla,
Sahar Elfadil,
Azza A. Abdel Satir,
Omer A. Ibnaof
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the egyptian society of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2524-1745
pISSN - 1110-578X
DOI - 10.1016/j.jescts.2017.03.006
Subject(s) - medicine , leiomyosarcoma , malignancy , sputum , pleural effusion , surgery , radiology , vein , tuberculosis , pathology
We represent a case of 47 years old known diabetic Sudanese lady with a 6 months history of productive cough with blood tinged sputum. Her initial chest X ray and CT scan revealed a right pleural effusion which was negative for TB and malignancy. Two months later she experienced increasing dysponea. A huge left atrial mass was discovered during echocardiographic evaluation which proved to be Leiomyosarcoma after surgical excision and histopathological examination