The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1985; 33(3): 193-195DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1014116 Case Report © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkPrimary Cardiac Liposarcoma Simulating a Left Atrial MyxomaK. Nzayinambaho1 , H. Noel2 , C. Brohet1 , J. Cosyns1 , R. Reding4 , J. Sonnet3 , C. Chalant4 1Division of Cardiology, 2Department of Pathology, 3Department of Internal Medicine, 4Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cliniques St. Luc, Brüssels, Belgium Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download(opens in new window) Buy Article(opens in new window) All articles of this category(opens in new window) Summary This paper reports the case of a cardiac tumor which had been diagnosed as a left atrial myxoma but which later on was identified as being a primary cardiac liposarcoma. The clinical characteristics of cardiac liposarcomas, the problems of differential diagnosis, the prognosis and therapy are reviewed. Key words Cardiac tumor - Cardiac liposarcoma - Atrial myxoma PDF (986 kb)
