Primary pericardial spindle cell sarcoma mimicking left main coronary artery disease

• Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 1179 - 1181
• Main Authors: Park, Joo Hyun, Choe, Hyunmin, Jang, Woo-Ik, Hur, Gam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.05.2012
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis; Coronary heart disease; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Heart; Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis; Humans; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pericardium; Pneumology; Sarcoma - diagnosis; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Coronary artery disease; Spindle cell sarcoma; Pericardium; Cardiovascular disease; Left coronary artery; Malignant tumor; Coronary heart disease; Differential diagnostic; Primary; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Cancer; Pneumology
• ISSN: 1010-7940; 1873-734X; 1873-734X
• DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr198

Abstract Primary spindle cell sarcoma in the heart is a very uncommon disease. Although primary atrial or pulmonary vein spindle cell sarcomas have been sporadically reported, pericardial spindle cell sarcoma is rarely seen in currently available data. The commentary here is on a primary pericardial spindle cell sarcoma that was preliminarily misjudged to be left main coronary artery disease.