Huge biatrial cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma resulting in bilateral atrioventricular valve obstruction

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2006 Nov-Dec;15(6):354-5. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2006.07.008.

Abstract

We present a case report of a 28-year-old man with a huge tumor that occupies both dilated atria almost completely but not extending into the ventricles. Cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma (CR) is extremely rare in adult patients. Its rarity and heterogenous clinical presentation make diagnosis difficult. In our case, after we have made an initial diagnosis via echocardiography, we took biopsies under computed tomography (CT) guiding. Histologic examination showed a CR. We want to emphasize that CT-guided biopsy is a useful and applicable technique in establishing preoperative diagnosis of intracardiac masses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Protocols
  • Biopsy
  • Echocardiography
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Atria / pathology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Heart Valves / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Palliative Care
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / complications
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / drug therapy
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / secondary*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / pathology*