Myxosarcoma: a rare primary cardiac tumor.
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.
Samal
Aditya K
AK
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Ventura
Hector O
HO
Berman
Adam
A
Okereke
Chika
C
Gilliland
Yvonne E
YE
Willis
Gladden W
GW
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