A primary fibrosarcoma was removed from the left atrium in a 58-year-old woman. We comment on the rareness of this cardiac neoplasm, the usefulness of two-dimensional echocardiogram in the clinical diagnosis of all cardiac tumors, and also the necessity for surgical treatment.

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