Case Report


Low grade myxofibrosarcoma in the right ventricle presenting as pulmonary thromboembolism

Jong Hui Suh, Do Yeon Kim, Jeong Seob Yoon, Eun Su Park, Chan Beom Park

Abstract

We report an unusual malignant cardiac neoplasm that initially presented as pulmonary thromboembolism in a 78-year-old male. Despite anticoagulation, the pulmonary artery lesion progressed and a mass-like lesion developed in the right ventricular outflow tract. Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was applied before surgery due to the presence of severe right-side heart failure with pulmonary hypertension. A round mass was found in the right ventricle and separate lobulated masses were found in both pulmonary arteries, and these were consistent with low-grade myxofibrosarcoma.

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