A cardiac malignant primary tumor: Left atrium myxosarcoma-A case report
Zheng Junze1,2, Liu Yuxi3, Tang Jiande3
1School of Medical Imaging, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.
Abstract:
Myxosarcoma only accounts for a very small proportion of primary malignant tumors of the heart. The disease has no specificity in clinical manifestations or features on medical images. In this case study, we report about a middle-aged female patient afflicted with cardiac myxosarcoma. The initial transthoracic echocardiography of the patient revealed a cardiac myxoma. However, the postoperative histopathology confirmed the presence of a malignant cardiac myxosarcoma. Post-surgery follow-up imaging examinations revealed local recurrence in the left atrium as well as soft-tissue and bone metastases. The recurrent tumor and metastases were subsequently treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. However, the tumor did not respond to treatment and the disease progressed.
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