Abstract
We report the case of a 32‐year‐old patient with a left atrium myxosarcoma, presenting with congestive heart failure. It is a rare cardiac malignant primary tumor that seems to derive from the same cellular line as myxomas, but the prognosis is very different. These tumors present local recidives and distance metastasis, so the mean survival is about 1 year, independent of any therapeutical option. Copyright © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords: myxosarcoma, myxoma, sarcoma, heart
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