Primary high-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma arising from the pericardium

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-339

  Koga, Seiji ^a   Ikeda, Satoshi ^a   Urate, Jungo ^a   Chijiwa, Risa ^a   Abe, Kuniko ^a   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^a   Eishi, Kiyoyuki ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Pericardium; Tumor

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE; LEG EDEMA; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MYOFIBROBLASTIC SARCOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIUM; PHOTON THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENT CANCER; SARCOMA; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOXORUBICIN; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSARCOMA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 40949130522     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.337     Document Type: Article

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