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Recurrent primary cardiac malignant fibrous histiocytoma following orthotopic heart transplantation.
J Heart Lung Transplant
; 23(12): 1447-50, 2004 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15607678
ABSTRACT
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is an extremely rare primary cardiac tumor. We describe a young patient who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation for an unresectable right ventricular MFH and presented 7 years later with a local recurrence in the native right atrium. This was treated by complete resection of the right atrial tumor and adjuvant chemotherapy. This case represents the only reported long-term survival following cardiac transplantation for MFH and describes our management strategy for local recurrence in this patient.