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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;125:733-735
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communications

Primary cardiac ancient schwannoma

Davinder S. Jassal, MD, FRCPCa, J. F. Légaré, MD, FRCSCb, Brian Cummings, MD, FRCPCc, R. C. Arora, MDb,d, A. Raza, MD, FRCPCc, Richard Crowell, MD, FRCPCa, Greg Hirsch, MD, FRCSCb Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

From the Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine,a the Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery,b the Division of Anatomical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,c and the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology,d Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Received for publication July 12, 1001. Accepted for publication July 22, 2002. Address for reprints: Davinder S. Jassal, MD, FRCPC, Department of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Room 2134-1796 Summer St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3K 6A3 (E-mail: umjassal@hotmail.com).

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A 49-year-old woman with a history of mitral valve prolapse presented with pleuritic chest discomfort of 2 weeks' duration. During the follow-up period, echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed a right atrial mass measuring 5 x 3 cm. After cardiopulmonary bypass, the histologic and immunohistochemical features were consistent with an ancient cardiac schwannoma. To the best of our knowledge, there have been only 5 previous cases of primary cardiac schwannomas described in the literature, all presenting with symptomatic pericardial effusions; our case was notable for its rather benign presentation.

Clinical summary

A 49-year-old woman with a history of mitral valve prolapse presented with a 2-week history of episodic pleuritic chest discomfort. She denied symptoms of exertional dyspnea, orthopnea, palpitations, syncope, or infection or any risk factors for thromboembolism.

The patient was afebrile and normotensive and had no signs of systemic infection. The cardiorespiratory examination was remarkable only for signs of mitral valve prolapse with mild mitral . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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