A case report of recurrent primary posterior mediastinal perivascular epithelioid cell tumour compressing the right inferior pulmonary vein, atria, and inferior vena cava.
Eur Heart J Case Rep
; 8(4): ytae142, 2024 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumours (PEComas) are rare soft tissue neoplasms that commonly occur in the uterus, skin, and liver and less commonly in the retroperitoneum, colon, and mediastinum. Casesummary:
A 36-year-old male patient with a history of mediastinal PEComa status post resection, essential hypertension, and atrial fibrillation status post appendage ligation currently not on anticoagulation presented with a 1-week history of fevers, chills, productive cough, chest pain, dyspnoea on exertion, loss of appetite, and general weakness. Vital signs, physical exam, laboratory data, electrocardiogram, and chest radiograph were grossly unremarkable. A multimodality imaging approach utilizing transthoracic echocardiogram, transoesophageal echocardiogram (TEE), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI), and computed tomography angiography of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis revealed a local 40â mm × 53â mm globular bilobed vascularized scar-free posterior mediastinal mass arising from the roof of the left and right atria and extending superiorly to the main pulmonary artery and inferiorly to the inferior vena cava. Based on the mass' size and proximity to vital structures and tumour recurrence, the case was presented during tumour board rounds, and the outcome was to surgically resect the mass and then have the patient follow up with medical oncology and radiation oncology for possible chemotherapy and radiation, respectively.Discussion:
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumours are rare, and mediastinal PEComas are even rarer, warranting a multimodality imaging approach involving TEE and cMRI and a multidisciplinary approach involving anaesthesiologists, cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, medical oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, and radiation oncologists.
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Eur Heart J Case Rep
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2024
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