A rare case of cardiac tumor: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

Hasan Sarı; Sefa Tatar; Yakup Alsancak

doi:10.28982/josam.698065

Authors

Hasan Sarı https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9405-9593
Sefa Tatar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8703-5078
Yakup Alsancak https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5230-2180

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.698065

Keywords:

Cardiac tumor, Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, Operative therapy, Chemotherapy, Recurrence

Abstract

Cardiac tumors are generally benign; however, they can rarely be malignant. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is a type of sarcoma. Cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytomas are clinically and histologically confused with atrial myxomas. In this case report, we present a patient who was administered to the hospital with non-specific complaints, determined to have an intracardiac mass and subsequently diagnosed with malignant fibrous histiocytoma, which shortly recurred in the form of intracardiac masses after postoperative chemotherapy.

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