Malignant Glomus Tumor of the Heart in a 64-year-old Male Presenting with Stroke
Keywords:
cardiac tumor, left ventricular mass, glomus tumor, malignant cardiac glomangioma, embolic strokeAbstract
Glomus tumor is a soft tissue neoplasm usually observed as a solitary, or sometimes multicentric painful mass, that rarely occurs extracutaneously. We describe a rare caseof malignant glomus tumor of the heart in a 64-year old male diagnosed with a left ventricular mass. Echocardiography and color flow Doppler revealed a large echogenic mobile structure in the left ventricular cavity that was surgically resected. The histopathologic diagnosis was malignant cardiac glomus tumor. We describe the histopathology, differential diagnosis and clinical presentation of this extremely rare primary cardiac tumor.
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02/23/2018
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Balisan, O. P., Radin II, C. P. T., Arias, R., & Templo, Jr., F. (2018). Malignant Glomus Tumor of the Heart in a 64-year-old Male Presenting with Stroke. PJP, 3(1), 20. Retrieved from https://philippinejournalofpathology.org/index.php/PJP/article/view/80
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