Metastatic malignant schwannoma in the heart

A rare case of metastatic malignant schwannoma is described. The secondary tumor in the right lung grew along the pulmonary vein and filled almost the whole of left atrium. Operation was later performed, and a large tumor extension from the left atrium was removed.

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Published in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 374 - 375
Main Authors:	Hussain, Raheel, Neligan, Maurice C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-08-1993 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Aged Arm Biological and medical sciences Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis Heart Neoplasms - secondary Humans Lung Neoplasms - secondary Male Medical sciences Neurilemmoma - diagnosis Neurilemmoma - secondary Neurology Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses Heart Case study Human Nervous system diseases Heart disease Neurinoma Cardiovascular disease Tumor Malignant tumor Metastasis
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Summary:	A rare case of metastatic malignant schwannoma is described. The secondary tumor in the right lung grew along the pulmonary vein and filled almost the whole of left atrium. Operation was later performed, and a large tumor extension from the left atrium was removed.
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ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/0003-4975(93)91183-N