Fat-Finding Mission

Jeremy R. Burt, MD; Joseph Limback, MD; Melanie Molina, BS; Jorge Suarez, MD; Tarek Mekhail, MD; Naim Fanaian, MD; Gilberto Aquino, MD; Ismail Kabakus, MD, PHD; Austin Weyant, DO; Kurt Scherer, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2020)

Fat-Finding Mission

Jeremy R. Burt, MD,
Joseph Limback, MD,
Melanie Molina, BS,
Jorge Suarez, MD,
Tarek Mekhail, MD,
Naim Fanaian, MD,
Gilberto Aquino, MD,
Ismail Kabakus, MD, PHD,
Austin Weyant, DO,
Kurt Scherer, MD

Affiliations

Jeremy R. Burt, MD: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina; Address for correspondence: Dr. Jeremy Burt, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, MSC 323, Clinical Science Bldg, Rm 210, Charleston, South Carolina 29425.
Joseph Limback, MD: Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Melanie Molina, BS: College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
Jorge Suarez, MD: Departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Radiology, and Pathology, Advent Health Orlando, Orlando, Florida
Tarek Mekhail, MD: Departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Radiology, and Pathology, Advent Health Orlando, Orlando, Florida
Naim Fanaian, MD: Departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Radiology, and Pathology, Advent Health Orlando, Orlando, Florida
Gilberto Aquino, MD: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Ismail Kabakus, MD, PHD: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Austin Weyant, DO: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Kurt Scherer, MD: Departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Radiology, and Pathology, Advent Health Orlando, Orlando, Florida

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 10
pp. 1520 – 1526

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Primary cardiac liposarcomas are rare tumors with a poor prognosis and no well-defined imaging characteristics or treatment guidelines. Here, we present a case of primary pleomorphic liposarcoma of the heart and pericardium with multimodality imaging findings and our institution’s treatment approach. (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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