Asymptomatic metastatic osteosarcoma to the right ventricle: Case report and review of the literature

J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2013 Jan;25(1):39-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2012.05.003. Epub 2012 Jun 2.

Abstract

Metastatic cardiac tumors are far more common than primary tumors, and benign primary cardiac tumors are common than malignant tumors. We report a 22-year-old Saudi woman with right femur osteosarcoma who was found to have a large right ventricular mass by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Diagnosis was highly suggestive by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) scan. We performed a review of the literature for metastatic osteosarcoma of the right ventricle.

Keywords: CT, computed tomography; Cardiac osteosarcoma; Cardiac tumors; FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose; Intracardiac metastasis; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; PET, positron emission tomography; RV, right ventricle; TEE, and transesophageal echocardiography; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography.