Leiomyosarcomas

Research from Royal Victoria Hospital has provided new information about leiomyosarcomas

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, December 19th, 2010

2010 DEC 19 -- New research, 'Primary leiomyosarcoma of the right atrium: a case report and literature update,' is the subject of a report. "Leiomyosarcoma of the right atrium is a very rare cardiac tumor. Various combinations of treatments including resection or transplant surgery and Chemotherapy have been advocated," scientists writing in the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery report.

"We report a case of a man who presented with pulmonary embolism secondary to right atrial leiomyosarcoma. He was managed by excision of the tumor and reconstruction of the right atrium with autologous pericardium," wrote H. Parissis and colleagues, Royal Victoria...

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