AI Article Synopsis
- Metastatic tumors to the heart typically affect the right side, but this case involves a left atrium mass due to a malignant phyllodes tumor from the breast.
- The metastasis occurred through direct invasion from small, undetected tumors in the mediastinum.
- The presence of this mass in the left atrium led to arrhythmia in the patient.
Article Abstract
Metastatic tumors to the heart usually involve right sided chambers. We report a rare case of malignant phyllodes tumor of breast with metastatic involvement of left atrium occurring through direct invasion from mediastinal micro-metastasis and presenting as a left atrial mass causing arrhythmia.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4017390 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2014.02.008 | DOI Listing |
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