title: Myxosarcoma: a rare primary cardiac tumor.
abstract: We describe the case of a patient with myxosarcoma of the left ventricle, a very rare type of primary cardiac sarcoma, who presented with features of acute pericarditis and discuss the management of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA.
authors.forename: Aditya K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Samal
authors.forename: Hector O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: Chika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Okereke
authors.forename: Yvonne E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Gilliland
authors.forename: Gladden W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Willis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009236:Myxosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy