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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
Rare primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma in adolescence: Diagnostic challenges and surgical insights.
Machuca-Aguado J, Rendón-García R, Miraglia A, Téllez-Cantero JC, Gutiérrez-Domingo Á
Cardiovasc Pathol 2024 May-Jun;70:107623. Epub 2024 Feb 17 doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2024.107623. PMID: 38373641
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
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
Rare primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma in adolescence: Diagnostic challenges and surgical insights.
Machuca-Aguado J, Rendón-García R, Miraglia A, Téllez-Cantero JC, Gutiérrez-Domingo Á
Cardiovasc Pathol 2024 May-Jun;70:107623. Epub 2024 Feb 17 doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2024.107623. PMID: 38373641
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
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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