Primary benign schwannoma of the heart

Sirlak M., Uymaz O., Tasoz R., Erden E., Ozyurda U., Akalin H.

CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY, cilt.12, sa.5, ss.290-292, 2003 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s1054-8807(03)00076-0
  • Dergi Adı: CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.290-292
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: schwannoma, left atrium, mediastinal tumor, TUMORS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report herein a case of a 61-year-old woman who was found to have a mass adjacent to the left atrium. The tumor was resected giving least damage to the left atrium on cardiopulmonary bypass with a subsequent histological diagnosis of a schwannoma. Neurogenic tumors comprise 10% to 34% of mediastinal tumors. Nerve sheath tumors are more common in adults than in children, and these are equally malignant in children and adults. Nerve sheath tumors of the heart are extremely rare. Although there are many malignant cardiac neurilemomas reported, only a few cases of benign schwannomas have been reported. We describe a rare primary benign schwannoma of the left atrium. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.