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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Right cardiac intracavitary metastases from a primary intracranial myxofibrosarcoma.

Diogo Alpuim Costa, Pedro Barata, Emanuel Gouveia, Manuela Mafra

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Primary Cerebral Pleomorphic-Myxoid Sarcoma With Many Hyaline Globules.Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Diogo Alpuim CostaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine Centre, Portuguese Navy, Lisbon, Portugal Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal.
Pedro BarataNova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal Department of Medical Oncology, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.
Emanuel GouveiaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal.
Manuela MafraPathology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal.
Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central · PTUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary intracranial myxofibrosarcoma is exceedingly rare, with less than 10 cases published. We present a case of a 23-year-old man with previous history of a primary low grade myxofibrosarcoma of the left parietal-occipital convexity resected in March 1999. He subsequently underwent several interventions for multiple local recurrent disease until March 2004. At that time, complete remission was documented. About 8 years later, in February 2012, the patient was admitted to the emergency room with refractory acute pulmonary oedema. On work up, sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia and hyperechoic myocardial mass with invasion of the right ventricular cavity were detected. Electrical cardioversion was unsuccessful and irreversible cardiac arrest followed. The autopsy confirmed multiple bilateral lung metastases, malignant pulmonary embolism and myocardial invasion by the primary tumour, with intracavitary cardiac thrombosis and absence of intracranial disease. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of extracranial metastases of this neoplasm.

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Brain NeoplasmsFatal OutcomeFibrosarcomaHeart NeoplasmsHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMyxosarcomaNeoplasms, Second PrimaryPulmonary EdemaYoung Adult

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PMID27013654
PMCPMC4823536
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