Biatrial High-Grade Leiomyosarcoma With Nine-Year Post-Surgical Survival Lakshmi Muthukumar, MD, M. Fuad Jan, MBBS, MD, Robert Taylor, MD, John Crouch, MD, Gary Neitzel, MD, A. Jamil Tajik, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 1, Pages e43-e45 (January 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.063 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) The retrocardiac mass (arrow) is seen on computed tomography with contrast. (B) A computed tomographic scan done after 9 years shows stable postoperative changes with scattered calcifications (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, e43-e45DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.063) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 The retrocardiac mass (arrows) is seen on transesophageal echocardiography. (A) Trans-gastric view. (B) Mid-esophageal (ME) four-chamber view. (C) ME aortic valve short-axis view. (D) ME bicaval view. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, e43-e45DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.063) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 (A) Hematoxylin-eosin staining of histologic section of the tumor (original magnification ×400). (B) Immunostaining with α smooth muscle actin. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, e43-e45DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.063) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions