The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

January 2018

Cardiac desmoid tumour

Author Information

Yin K(1), Lin Y(1), Guo C(1), Wang C(1)

(1)Department of Cardiac Surgery, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Publication

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

Summary

A 64-year-old woman presented with chest pain for 1 month. Computed tomography showed a cardiac apex mass. A 3.3___3.5-cm tumour was identified during surgery. Histological examination confirmed fibroblastic proliferation and spindle cell infiltration. This is the first report of a desmoid tumour in the heart.

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