title: Primary cardiac myofibroblastic sarcoma, case report and review of diagnosis and treatment of cardiac tumors.
abstract: Primary cardiac tumors are rare entities with a frequency between 0.0017% to 0.28%. We report a 53 year old male with a primary cardiac myofibroblastic sarcoma that presented with a hemorrhagic pericardial effusion. A review of the literature is presented with a brief discussion of the clinical presentation diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant primary cardiac tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Saint Joseph Mercy Oakland-Pontiac, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dhillon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Cruz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kathawala
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alqassem
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy