A primary osteosarcoma of the heart as a cause of recurrent peripheral arterial emboli.
Ann Oncol
; 9(7): 775-8, 1998 Jul.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9739445
ABSTRACT
The case of a 66-year-old woman with a primary cardiac osteosarcoma is described. These distinctly rare malignant tumors arise preferentially in the left atrium. Clinically, they often present symptoms of both, intramural and intracavitary neoplasm in addition to general weakness, recurrent breast pain, and dyspnea. As shown in the present case, with growing intracavitary tumor masses the risk for peripheral arterial including cerebral embolism increases. Consequently, in most patients with symptoms of systemic arterial embolism of unknown origin performance of transesophageal echocardiography seems advisible, which is presently the most convenient noninvasive imaging method to exclude or to identify intracardiac sources of emboli, irrespective of their type.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Thromboembolism
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Osteosarcoma
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Peripheral Vascular Diseases
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Heart Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann Oncol
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
1998
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany