Key result
Multimodality imaging, including TTE, TEE, CMR, CCT, and 18F-FDG PET-CT, was utilized for the diagnosis and postoperative follow-up of a 61-year-old woman with a rare cardiac myxofibrosarcoma.
Why the study?
Cardiac tumors are rare and present with nonspecific symptoms that challenge diagnosis, and myxofibrosarcoma is a particularly rare cardiac tumor with a poor prognosis requiring accurate and timely diagnosis.
Case Report (n=1)
Multimodality imaging is a valuable approach for the accurate diagnosis and postoperative follow-up of rare and challenging malignant primary cardiac tumors such as myxofibrosarcoma.
Multimodality imaging may aid rare cardiac tumor evaluation; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Cardiac tumors are a very rare but heterogenous group of diseases that may reveal themselves through a variety of nonspecific cardiac symptoms that may pose a challenge to the diagnostic process. Myxofibrosarcoma is a particularly rare type of cardiac tumor that carries a poor prognosis, thus making accurate and timely diagnosis essential. A 61-year-old woman presented with fatigue and shortness of breath during mild exercise, symptoms that have progressively worsened during the previous year. Multimodality imaging consisting of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography (TTE and TEE), cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), cardiac computer tomography (CCT), and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission computer tomography (18F-FDG PET-CT) was used for the diagnosis and postoperative follow-up of a myxofibrosarcoma.
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Șerban et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Myxofibrosarcoma (Malignant Primary Cardiac Tumor) (n=1). Multimodality imaging (TTE, TEE, CMR, CCT, and 18F-FDG PET-CT) was evaluated on Diagnosis and postoperative follow-up. Multimodality imaging, including TTE, TEE, CMR, CCT, and 18F-FDG PET-CT, was utilized for the diagnosis and postoperative follow-up of a 61-year-old woman with a rare cardiac myxofibrosarcoma.
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