Key result
A patient with an undifferentiated primary cardiac sarcoma initially misdiagnosed as a benign myxoma underwent extensive surgical resection and chemotherapy but expired 11 months later due to recurrence.
Case Report (n=1)
Primary cardiac sarcomas can mimic benign myxomas on echocardiography, highlighting the need for careful preoperative differential diagnosis.
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Emphasizes caution with presumed myxomas; leaves open the value of multimodality imaging for sarcoma differentiation in future studies.
Kim et al. (2003) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac sarcoma (n=1). Wide resection of the left atrium, mitral valve replacement, left pneumonectomy, and postoperative chemotherapy was evaluated on Survival / Recurrence. A patient with an undifferentiated primary cardiac sarcoma initially misdiagnosed as a benign myxoma underwent extensive surgical resection and chemotherapy but expired 11 months later due to recurrence.
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