Multiple Primary Cardiac Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in the Left Atrium: Case Report

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are rare sarcomas of the heart. Herein, we report the case of a 24-year-old man who complained of dyspnea, cough, and upper left back pain. He was found to have multiple primary heart tumors obstructing the right superior pulmonary vein in the left atrium, wh...

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Autores principales: Li, Junfei, Chen, Qiansu, Yu, Shaomei, Yang, Siyuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8548200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33262317
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.20.132
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Chen, Qiansu
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description Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are rare sarcomas of the heart. Herein, we report the case of a 24-year-old man who complained of dyspnea, cough, and upper left back pain. He was found to have multiple primary heart tumors obstructing the right superior pulmonary vein in the left atrium, which were diagnosed as malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. The patient underwent successful resection of the tumors and immunohistochemistry was utilized for diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-85482002021-11-05 Multiple Primary Cardiac Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in the Left Atrium: Case Report Li, Junfei Chen, Qiansu Yu, Shaomei Yang, Siyuan J Chest Surg Case Report Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are rare sarcomas of the heart. Herein, we report the case of a 24-year-old man who complained of dyspnea, cough, and upper left back pain. He was found to have multiple primary heart tumors obstructing the right superior pulmonary vein in the left atrium, which were diagnosed as malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. The patient underwent successful resection of the tumors and immunohistochemistry was utilized for diagnosis. The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2021-10-05 2021-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8548200/ /pubmed/33262317 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.20.132 Text en Copyright © The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021. All right reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Multiple Primary Cardiac Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in the Left Atrium: Case Report
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title_short Multiple Primary Cardiac Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in the Left Atrium: Case Report
title_sort multiple primary cardiac malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors in the left atrium: case report
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.20.132
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