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Heart transplantation treatment for a malignant cardiac granular cell tumor: 33 months of survival

Cardiac Surgery Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Avda. Ramón y Cajal, 5 Valladolid, Spain

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E-mail address: javgua{at}hotmail.com (J. Gualis).

A malignant granular cell tumor is a high-grade sarcoma with a high rate of metastasis, local recurrence and short survival. We describe a patient who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation due to a metastatic unresectable malignant granular cell tumor. At thirty-three months following this procedure she is alive and free of recurrence.

Key Words: Transplantation; Granular cell tumor; Sarcoma