Primary Osteosarcoma of the Heart: Experience of an Unusual Case
oleh: Düriye Sıla Karagöz Özen, Mehmet Akif Öztürk, Fatih Selcukbiricik, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu, Zeynep Hande Turna, Pınar Beyaz, Sergülen Dervisoglu, Mustafa Özgüroglu
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| Diterbitkan: | Karger Publishers 2013-04-01 |
Deskripsi
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.