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Primary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Heart

Janusz Skarysz, PhD, Dariusz Goka, PhD¹, Micha Krejca, PhD, Andrzej Bochenek, PhD

Department of Cardiosurgery
¹ Department of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

For reprint information contact: Janusz Skarysz, PhD, Tel: 48 32 359 8640, Fax: 48 32 252 7066, Email: jdoctor{at}wp.pl, 1^st Department of Cardiosurgery, Medical University of Silesia, ul. Zioowa 45-47, 40-635 Katowice, Poland.

A 72-year-old male diagnosed with heart failure and dyspnea was found to have a lesion in his right atrium. Histological examination of the tumor revealed it to be a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The patient’s management and subsequent follow-up are presented.