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Malignant small round cell tumor of the heart: a diagnostic dilemma.

George S, Vaideeswar P, Pandit S, Kane S, Khandeparkar J

Department of Pathology (Cardiovascular and Thoracic Division), Seth G. S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400 012, India.

We report a rare malignant small round cell tumor of the heart in a 26-year-old woman. She had been symptomatic 15 days after vaginal delivery. Immunohistochemistry revealed divergent differentiation; hence, the tumor was designated as desmoplastic small round cell tumor. This is the first report of such a tumor in the heart.

Published 12 January 2007 in Cardiovasc Pathol, 16(1): 56-8.
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