title: Cardiac plasmacytoma: a rare clinical entity.
abstract: Primary malignant cardiac tumors are rare. Among these tumors, cardiac plasmacytoma is extremely rare and is the subject of few case reports. We present the case of a 73-year-old man who had isolated cardiac plasmacytoma 26 years after successful treatment of an axillary plasmacytoma. Multiple imaging methods-including echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance, and positron-emission tomography/computed tomography-were valuable and complementary to each other in this patient's diagnosis and optimal management. His case illustrates the use of these techniques in the successful diagnosis and treatment of a rare clinical entity, cardiac plasmacytoma.
authors.forename: Agathi-Rosa
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Vrettou
authors.forename: L Thompson
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Heffner
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Clements
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols/therapeutic use; combined modality diagnosis; combined modality therapy; extramedullary plasmacytoma; heart neoplasms/diagnosis/pathology/therapy/ultrasonography; immunoglobulin kappa-chains; immunoglobulin light chains; magnetic resonance imaging/methods; plasmacytoma/diagnosis/chemotherapy/radiotherapy/ultrasonography; positron-emission tomographic/computed tomography