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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Published online December 2, 2020
Copyright © Journal of Chest Surgery.
Junfei Li M.D.1 , Qiansu Chen M.D.1
, Shaomei Yu M.D.2
, Siyuan Yang M.D.1
Departments of 1Cardiac Surgery and 2Ultrasound, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
Correspondence to:Siyuan Yang
Tel 86-17784950043
Fax 86-851-86773651
E-mail yangsycs@gmc.edu.cn
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8087-7931
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) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properlycited.
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.
Keywords: Neurogenic tumor, Neurofibrosarcoma, Heart neoplasms
Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Published online December 2, 2020
Copyright © Journal of Chest Surgery.
Junfei Li M.D.1 , Qiansu Chen M.D.1
, Shaomei Yu M.D.2
, Siyuan Yang M.D.1
Departments of 1Cardiac Surgery and 2Ultrasound, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
Correspondence to:Siyuan Yang
Tel 86-17784950043
Fax 86-851-86773651
E-mail yangsycs@gmc.edu.cn
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8087-7931
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) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properlycited.
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.
Keywords: Neurogenic tumor, Neurofibrosarcoma, Heart neoplasms
2020; 53(2): 86-88