[Cardiac metastase of a soft tissue sarcoma: a case report and a review of the literature]

Rev Med Brux. 2014 Nov-Dec;35(6):499-503.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Soft tissue sarcomas represent rare tumors. They recur most often locally and in the lungs. We report the case of a 58-year woman who was treated for awith chemotherapy and then surgery. About a year after the end of the treatment an intracardiac mass was identified during a follow up chest CT-scan. The patient underwent a surgical resection of that mass found to bel myxoid chondrosarcoma metastasis. Only 2 cases of cardiac dissemination of extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma have been described. The differential diagnosis of intracardiac masses is discussed. In some carefully selected cases atrisks of obstructive shock or embolization and unique metastatic location, cardiac surgery should be considered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Buttocks
  • Chondrosarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Chondrosarcoma / secondary*
  • Chondrosarcoma / surgery
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue / secondary*
  • Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue / surgery
  • Sarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Sarcoma / pathology*
  • Sarcoma / surgery
  • Thigh
  • Ultrasonography

Supplementary concepts

  • Chondrosarcoma, Extraskeletal Myxoid