A Rare Case of Synchronous Double Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma in the Left Atrium

Takuya Ogami, MD; Eric Zimmermann, MD; Ryan Chiu, MBA, MD; Louis Sussman, MD; Dimitrios V. Avgerinos, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2020)

A Rare Case of Synchronous Double Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma in the Left Atrium

Takuya Ogami, MD,
Eric Zimmermann, MD,
Ryan Chiu, MBA, MD,
Louis Sussman, MD,
Dimitrios V. Avgerinos, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Takuya Ogami, MD: Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, Flushing, New York; Address for correspondence: Dr. Takuya Ogami, Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, 56-45 Main Street, WLL-300, Flushing, New York 11355.
Eric Zimmermann, MD: Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, Flushing, New York
Ryan Chiu, MBA, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian, New York, New York
Louis Sussman, MD: Department of Pathology, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, Flushing, New York
Dimitrios V. Avgerinos, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian, New York, New York

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 5
pp. 828 – 829

Abstract

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Primary cardiac tumors are rare and leiomyosarcoma is an even rarer entity with a reported incidence of <0.25% of all cardiac tumors. We demonstrate the need to include leiomyosarcoma on the differential when presented with an atrial mass on echocardiogram, which may guide intraoperative decision making. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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