Case report of rare highly aggressive cardiac tumour: the intimal sarcoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary cardiac tumours are rare, and diagnosis may be difficult, as symptoms and cardiac imaging may mimic other cardiac diseases. The intimal sarcoma is the least commonly reported cardiac tumour with only few cases reported worldwide. In this case report, we present a case of an intimal sarcoma with a highly aggressive disease course.

Case summary

A 60-year-old male with a history of prior aortoplasty due to congenital aortic stenosis, mechanical aortic valve replacement, and aortic stenting due to aortic dilatation presented with night sweats, malaise, and dyspnoea. Initial imaging (including transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography and emergency computed tomography) revealed masses suspected to be thrombi in the left atrium and ventricle. However,

SUBMITTER: Yafasova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9856333 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature