RESUMO

A 48-year-old man submitted to surgical excision of a left atrium leiomyosarcoma. The patient had a node close to the right suprarenal gland. The tumor was a casual echocardiographic finding as part of the cardiologic investigation, since the patient had shortness breath. Leiomyosarcomas of the heart are uncommon, and often the diagnosis is performed during postmortem examinations. Methods of diagnosis, specially the echocardiogram, were emphasised. Treatment and prognostic aspects on basis in a wide review of the literature were also emphasised.

Assuntos

Neoplasias Cardíacas/diagnóstico , Leiomiossarcoma/diagnóstico , Angiocardiografia , Ecocardiografia Transesofagiana , Seguimentos , Átrios do Coração/patologia , Átrios do Coração/cirurgia , Neoplasias Cardíacas/terapia , Humanos , Leiomiossarcoma/epidemiologia , Leiomiossarcoma/terapia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Neoplasias Retroperitoneais/secundário

Assuntos

Humanos , Tempo de Internação , Vagotomia Gástrica Proximal