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Heart fibrosarcoma

MedGen UID:
232022
•Concept ID:
C1332844
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Cardiac Fibrosarcoma; cardiac fibrosarcoma; Cardiac fibrosarcoma; Fibrosarcoma of Heart; fibrosarcoma of heart; Fibrosarcoma of the Heart; fibrosarcoma of the heart; Heart Fibrosarcoma; heart fibrosarcoma; heart fibrosarcoma (disease)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003742

Definition

A usually aggressive malignant neoplasm arising from the heart. It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibroblasts and collagenous stroma formation in a herringbone growth pattern. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHeart fibrosarcoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Surgical treatment of primary pulmonary sarcomas.
Bacha EA, Wright CD, Grillo HC, Wain JC, Moncure A, Keel SB, Donahue DM, Mathisen DJ
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999 Apr;15(4):456-60. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00045-7. PMID: 10371121
Primary cardiac tumors in infants and children: immediate and long-term operative results.
Takach TJ, Reul GJ, Ott DA, Cooley DA
Ann Thorac Surg 1996 Aug;62(2):559-64. PMID: 8694623

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