Primary cardiac osteosarcoma in a 42-year-old woman

Honghe Luo,Jianyong Zou,Lie Cai,Zhenguang Chen,Chunhua Su,Yiyan Lei,Tao Wang

doi:10.1186/1749-8090-5-120

Abstract

We describe here a 42-year-old woman who was admitted to hospital with a pedunculated mass in her left atrium. She was diagnosed with a primary cardiac osteosarcoma with special immunohistochemical characteristics. Echocardiography and computed tomography can be used to differentiate cardiac osteosarcomas from routine intracardiac tumors. The patient was treated by surgical removal of the mass. Two years later, she has shown no evidence of disease recurrence. We discuss primary osteosarcomas in the cardiac cavity and their management.

Highlights

Introduction osteosarcoma is a common tumor of the skeletal system, primary cardiac osteosarcoma is an extremely rare malignant disease with nonspecific symptoms, making early diagnosis a challenge
We describe here a 42-yearold woman with a primary cardiac osteosarcoma, which was surgically removed by cardiopulmonary bypass
An electrocardiogram revealed sinus bradycardia, and echocardiography showed a pedunculated mass in her left atrium with weak aortic and mitral valve insufficiency, similar to myxoma (Figure 1)

Summary

Introduction

Introduction osteosarcoma is a common tumor of the skeletal system, primary cardiac osteosarcoma is an extremely rare malignant disease with nonspecific symptoms, making early diagnosis a challenge. We describe here a 42-yearold woman with a primary cardiac osteosarcoma, which was surgically removed by cardiopulmonary bypass. She has shown no evidence of tumor recurrence.

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