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Cardiac Myxofibrosarcoma

MedGen UID:
1639179
•Concept ID:
C4687639
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Heart Myxofibrosarcoma

Definition

A low-grade sarcoma that arises from the heart. It is composed of spindle or rounded cells in a myxoid stroma. The most common location is the left atrium. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCardiac Myxofibrosarcoma

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma: case report, literature review and pooled analysis.
Sun D, Wu Y, Liu Y, Yang J
BMC Cancer 2018 May 2;18(1):512. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4434-2. PMID: 29720127Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

A rare presentation of primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma: Case report and literature review.
Soltani S, Garousi M, Mirzaee E, Koolaji S, Nazari H, Emami S, Zare Mehrjardi A, Arefpour AM
Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2024 Apr;7(4):e2033. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.2033. PMID: 38600050Free PMC Article
Primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma of the left atrium and pericardium: a case report.
Azuma R, Sato K, Sunadoi H, Ishii Y, Tomaru U, Motohashi M
J Cardiothorac Surg 2023 Nov 16;18(1):334. doi: 10.1186/s13019-023-02441-9. PMID: 37974190Free PMC Article
Ultrasonography in the assessment of primary myxofibrosarcoma in the left atrium: a case report.
Huo X, Zhao W, Liu X, Zhang W, Xu L, Zhang B, Chen J
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2022 Dec 19;22(1):553. doi: 10.1186/s12872-022-03009-6. PMID: 36536277Free PMC Article
Primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma: case report, literature review and pooled analysis.
Sun D, Wu Y, Liu Y, Yang J
BMC Cancer 2018 May 2;18(1):512. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4434-2. PMID: 29720127Free PMC Article
Primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma: a case report and review of the literature.
Wang JG, Li YJ, Liu H, Zhao P
Tumori 2012 Nov;98(6):165e-8e. doi: 10.1700/1217.13514. PMID: 23389377

Therapy

Primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma in a young woman.
Becerra-Muñoz VM, Jordán-Martínez L, Gallego-Domínguez E, Mataró-López MJ, Rodríguez-Caulo E
Acta Cardiol 2016 Aug;71(4):499. doi: 10.2143/AC.71.4.3159708. PMID: 27594370

Prognosis

A rare presentation of primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma: Case report and literature review.
Soltani S, Garousi M, Mirzaee E, Koolaji S, Nazari H, Emami S, Zare Mehrjardi A, Arefpour AM
Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2024 Apr;7(4):e2033. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.2033. PMID: 38600050Free PMC Article
Primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma of the left atrium and pericardium: a case report.
Azuma R, Sato K, Sunadoi H, Ishii Y, Tomaru U, Motohashi M
J Cardiothorac Surg 2023 Nov 16;18(1):334. doi: 10.1186/s13019-023-02441-9. PMID: 37974190Free PMC Article
Primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma: case report, literature review and pooled analysis.
Sun D, Wu Y, Liu Y, Yang J
BMC Cancer 2018 May 2;18(1):512. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4434-2. PMID: 29720127Free PMC Article
A case report of primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma presenting with severe congestive heart failure.
Ujihira K, Yamada A, Nishioka N, Iba Y, Maruyama R, Nakanishi K, Shimizu A, Hatanaka KC, Mitsuhashi T, Shinohara T, Ueda HI
J Cardiothorac Surg 2016 Jul 7;11(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s13019-016-0490-3. PMID: 27387491Free PMC Article
Primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma: a case report and review of the literature.
Wang JG, Li YJ, Liu H, Zhao P
Tumori 2012 Nov;98(6):165e-8e. doi: 10.1700/1217.13514. PMID: 23389377

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