| Literature DB >> 25425995 |
Agathi-Rosa Vrettou, L Thompson Heffner, Peter J Rossi, Stephen D Clements.
Abstract
Primary malignant cardiac tumors are rare. Among these tumors, cardiac plasmacytoma is extremely rare and is the subject of few case reports. We present the case of a 73-year-old man who had isolated cardiac plasmacytoma 26 years after successful treatment of an axillary plasmacytoma. Multiple imaging methods-including echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance, and positron-emission tomography/computed tomography-were valuable and complementary to each other in this patient's diagnosis and optimal management. His case illustrates the use of these techniques in the successful diagnosis and treatment of a rare clinical entity, cardiac plasmacytoma.Entities:
Keywords: Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols/therapeutic use; combined modality diagnosis; combined modality therapy; extramedullary plasmacytoma; heart neoplasms/diagnosis/pathology/therapy/ultrasonography; immunoglobulin kappa-chains; immunoglobulin light chains; magnetic resonance imaging/methods; plasmacytoma/diagnosis/chemotherapy/radiotherapy/ultrasonography; positron-emission tomographic/computed tomography
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25425995 PMCID: PMC4189364 DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-13-3436
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tex Heart Inst J ISSN: 0730-2347