Metastasizing Primary Atrial Leiomyosarcoma Causing a Functional High-Grade Mitral Stenosis
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We report the case of a 43-year-old man who presented with a primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma and multiple metastases. Despite the severely poor prognosis, cardiac surgery was performed as part of a multidisciplinary palliative approach, which paved the way for further chemotherapy and radiation therapy.References
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