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Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma

Known as: Heart Leiomyosarcoma, Leiomyosarcoma of Heart, Leiomyosarcoma of the Heart 
An aggressive malignant smooth muscle neoplasm, arising from the heart. It is characterized by a proliferation of neoplastic spindle cells.
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2013
2013
Leiomyosarcoma of the right inferior pulmonary vein: 2 years survival with multimodality therapy
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart is an extremely rare and aggressive tumor. The authors report a case of a 29-year-old man… 
2002
2002
Redo- Extirpation of a Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma to avoid Transplantation
Cardiac leiomyosarcoma is a very rare entity that is found in less than 0.2 % of all cardiac tumors. At the time of primary… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma originating from the pulmonary valve. Case report and review of the literature.
Primary cardiac tumours are rare findings (incidence 0.02% according to a recent meta-analysis) with dismal prognosis… 
1997
1997
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart presenting as obstruction to the pulmonary trunk.
1996
1996
Successful Treatment of a Primary Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma with Ifosfamide and Etoposide
Purpose: Primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor in childhood. Patients with unresectable or partially resected… 
1991
1991
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart: a rare cause of obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract.
Primary cardiac tumours are rare and frequently only diagnosed post-mortem. Recent improvements in non-invasive imaging… 
1991
1991
[Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart].
Malignant heart leiomyomas occur extremely rarely, therefore every case deserves to be described. The patient--a woman who had… 
1986
1986
Surgery in primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart.
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart is uncommon and we were able to find only 15 cases reported in the literature. Few of these… 
Review
1974
Review
1974
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart: report of a case and review of the literature.
Review
1967
Review
1967
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart
A case of primary leiomyosarcoma arising from the right ventricle is reported and the literature regarding primary malignant… 
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