Key result
Multimodal imaging guides prompt treatment of a rare cardiac plasmacytoma with extensive right ventricular infiltration.
Why the study?
Extramedullary plasmacytoma involving the heart is a rare occurrence.
Case Report (n=1)
Multimodal imaging is effective for characterizing rare cardiac masses like extramedullary plasmacytoma to guide appropriate management.
May aid characterization of rare cardiac plasmacytomas; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Extramedullary plasmacytoma involving the heart is a rare occurrence. We present the case of a 74-year-old man who received a diagnosis of cardiac plasmacytoma in the context of relapsed multiple myeloma. The tumor primarily presented as a solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma with extensive infiltration into the right ventricle, leading to mild symptoms such as dyspnea. There was no evidence of systemic involvement. A treatment with DRd (daratumumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone) was promptly initiated. This case demonstrates the effective use of multimodal imaging techniques to characterize cardiac masses and to determine the most appropriate management plan.
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Benharrats et al. (2024) conducted a case report in Cardiac plasmacytoma (n=1). Multimodal imaging and DRd (daratumumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone) was evaluated. Multimodal imaging techniques effectively characterized a rare cardiac plasmacytoma with extensive right ventricular infiltration in a 74-year-old man, guiding prompt treatment with DRd.
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