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A Primary Pericardial Undifferentiated Sarcoma Invading the Right Atrium and Superior Vena Cava
Author(s) -
Bi Wenjing,
Qu Ran,
Ren Weidong
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01757.x
Subject(s) - right atrium , medicine , left atrium , superior vena cava , cardiac tumors , sarcoma , pericardium , atrium (architecture) , radiology , computed tomography , anatomy , pathology , atrial fibrillation
Primary undifferentiated cardiac sarcomas are rare. The literature demonstrated that 81% of primary cardiac undifferentiated sarcomas arose in the left atrium. We reported herein a case of 56‐year‐old male farmer with a primary pericardial undifferentiated sarcoma, which was revealed only on echocardiography but not computed tomography. The tumor, which invaded the right atrium and superior vena cava, was not completely resected.