Unusual cause of dyspnea: Cardiac fusiform cells carcinoma

Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2021 Feb;70(1):57-58. doi: 10.1016/j.ancard.2020.09.031. Epub 2020 Oct 7.

Authors

B Bourlond¹, P Lebon²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional Sambre et Meuse, avenue Albert Ier 185, 5000 Namur, Belgium. Electronic address: baudouin.bourlond@gmail.com.
² Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional Sambre et Meuse, avenue Albert Ier 185, 5000 Namur, Belgium.

PMID: 33039111
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2020.09.031

Abstract

This manuscript illustrates an unusual cause of dyspnea. Cardiac tumor are uncommon, especially fusiform cells carcinoma.

Keywords: Carcinoma; Carcinome; Cardiac mass; Cardiologie; Cardiology; Dyspnea; Dyspnée; Oncologie; Oncology; Tumeur cardiaque.

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma / complications*
Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma / pathology
Dyspnea / etiology*
Female
Heart Neoplasms / complications*
Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Heart Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Positron-Emission Tomography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed