Primary pericardial spindle cell sarcoma mimicking left main coronary artery disease

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012 May;41(5):1179-81. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr198. Epub 2011 Dec 22.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardium
  • Sarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed