Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart subsequent to double carcinomas of the thyroid and lung

• Published in: Heart and vessels Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 100 - 102
• Main Authors: Fukuoka, M, Hagiwara, M, Shimoshige, S, Hirata, A, Adachi, T, Komura, H, Shoji, T, Kikuiri, T, Ikeda, K, Kimura, N, Fujisawa, Y
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Nature B.V 01.01.2000
• Subjects: Female; Heart Atria; Heart Neoplasms - pathology; Humans; Leiomyosarcoma - pathology; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Middle Aged; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - surgery; Neoplasms, Second Primary - pathology; Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery

A 63-year-old woman underwent surgical operations for left lower lung cancer and for thyroid cancer. Nine months later, a third cancer developed in her heart and this tumor was removed by open heart surgery. A pathologic study revealed that the tumor was primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart and thus...