The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 56, 374-375, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Metastatic malignant schwannoma in the heart
R Hussain and MC Neligan
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mater Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
A rare case of metastatic malignant schwannoma is described. The secondary
tumor in the right lung grew along the pulmonary vein and filled almost the
whole of left atrium. Operation was later performed, and a large tumor
extension from the left atrium was removed.