Key result
Multimodal TEE and CMR imaging diagnoses a rare primary intimal sarcoma of the LAA.
Why the study?
Intimal sarcomas are among the rarest malignant cardiac tumors, and multimodal imaging is critical for accurately characterizing cardiac masses.
Case Report (n=1)
Multimodal cardiac imaging, particularly the addition of cardiac magnetic resonance to echocardiography, is invaluable for accurately characterizing rare malignant cardiac tumors.
Supports multimodal imaging for rare cardiac masses; leaves open prospective validation before routine adoption.
Primary cardiac tumors are rare, and most are benign. Intimal sarcomas are among the rarest of the malignant cardiac tumors; they are aggressive and associated with a poor prognosis. Whereas transesophageal echocardiography has been instrumental in evaluating cardiac masses, other imaging methods, such as cardiac magnetic resonance, have proved invaluable in accurately characterizing these masses. We present the case of a 49-year-old woman in whom we diagnosed a primary intimal sarcoma of the left atrial appendage, and we discuss the importance of multimodal imaging in the evaluation and diagnosis of cardiac masses.
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Raphael et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Primary intimal sarcoma of the left atrial appendage (n=1). Multimodal cardiac imaging (transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance) was evaluated on Diagnosis of primary intimal sarcoma. Multimodal cardiac imaging, including transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance, was instrumental in diagnosing a rare primary intimal sarcoma of the left atrial appendage.
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