A primary cardiac sarcoma with features of a desmoplastic small round cell tumor in an adolescent male

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 Apr;32(3):236-9. doi: 10.1097/mph.0b013e3181cb4993.

Abstract

Malignant primary cardiac tumors are very rare.Desmoplastic small round cell tumors are also rare tumors and,when present, are generally found in the abdomen. We report a case of an adolescent male who presented with chest pain,abdominal pain, and difficulty in breathing, who was found to have a primary cardiac sarcoma with several characteristic features of a desmoplastic small round cell tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / drug therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Sarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma / drug therapy