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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Heart

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
¹ Department of Pathology, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff
² Department of Cardiology, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, United Kingdom

For reprint information contact: Mesbah Rahman, FRCS Tel: 44 179 270 2222 ext 3608 Fax: 44 179 270 4159 Email: mesbah{at}hotmail.com, Cardiac Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, SA6 6NL, United Kingdom

A 32-year-old man presented with dyspnea, chest pain, palpitations and ankle edema and was found to have a tumor involving the heart. This was diagnosed as malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a rare sarcoma of the heart. Immunohistochemistry was utilized to establish the diagnosis. The details of the patient’s clinical course, and imaging findings with morphological and immunohistochemistry data are reported.