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JACC Case Rep
November 2024
Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York, USA.
A 61-year-old woman presented to our team with giant mediastinal liposarcoma causing compression of the esophagus, bronchus, and left atrium. Given the patient's advanced presentation and reduced cardiac reserve, rescue venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was used in addition to standard robotic-assisted thoracic surgery for mass resection.
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November 2024
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center, Maebashi, Japan.
A 68-year-old woman were admitted with chief complaints of persistent hoarseness, dysphagia and dyspnea on effort. She was found to have a left atrial myxoma with obstruction of mitral inflow on echo-cardiogram. The tumor was extensively attached to the atrial septum and left atrium.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTurk Kardiyol Dern Ars
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye.
Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are rare neoplasms originating from fibroblastic mesenchymal cells. This case report details a 43-year-old female patient with cardiac SFT, a rarity in the medical literature, who presented with palpitations and a known malignancy. Supraventricular tachycardia was diagnosed in the emergency department, and a subsequent echocardiography revealed a giant mass in the left atrium after sinus rhythm restoration.
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November 2024
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Unit, Department of Surgery, Lampang Hospital, Lampang 52000, Thailand.
A 57-year-old male presented with dyspnea and an enlarged cardiac silhouette on a chest X-ray. Further evaluation with contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a giant heterogeneous mediastinal mass, ~8.9 × 7.
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November 2024
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, John T Milliken Department of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University in St Louis St Louis, MO.
The etiology of cardiac tumors has a broad differential diagnosis. The use of a multidisciplinary team along with appropriate workup with multimodality imaging is critical for patient management. A 41-year-old man with a history of heavy tobacco use presented with abdominal distension, edema, and dyspnea for the past month.
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