Primary Osteosarcoma of the Heart: Experience of an Unusual Case

Primary cardiac osteosarcomas are uncommon tumors. They have an aggressive biology and hence poor prognosis. This report describes a 23-year-old male patient who was referred to our hospital with chest pain. Echocardiography showed a left atrial mass, and tumor excision revealed a cardiac osteosarco...

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Published inCase reports in oncology Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 224 - 228
Main Authors Özen, Düriye Sıla Karagöz, Öztürk, Mehmet Akif, Selcukbiricik, Fatih, Esatoglu, Sinem Nihal, Turna, Zeynep Hande, Beyaz, Pınar, Dervisoglu, Sergülen, Özgüroglu, Mustafa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 19.04.2013
Karger Publishers
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Cardiac tumor
Extraskeletal osteosarcoma
Mitral stenosis
Published: April 2013
Cardiac tumor
Extraskeletal osteosarcoma
Mitral stenosis
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Summary:Primary cardiac osteosarcomas are uncommon tumors. They have an aggressive biology and hence poor prognosis. This report describes a 23-year-old male patient who was referred to our hospital with chest pain. Echocardiography showed a left atrial mass, and tumor excision revealed a cardiac osteosarcoma. Adjuvant cisplatin plus ifosfamide combination chemotherapy provided a disease-free survival of 9 months; unfortunately the patient died of metastatic disease thereafter.
ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000351123