Primary cardiac sarcoma: a case report of a therapeutic challenge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary cardiac sarcomas are very rare and the prognosis is poor both because the diagnosis is typically made at an advanced stage of the disease and because data are insufficient to identify a standard treatment. Surgical resection is the cornerstone of therapy with the need to develop new therapeutic strategies.

Case summary

We present a case of a young man admitted to the emergency department due to worsening dyspnoea. A left-sided sarcoma was diagnosed and treated with surgery, chemo- and radiation therapy, and subsequently with heart transplant for local recurrence of the disease. Endomyocardial biopsy made during the routine follow-up period was complicated by pericardial tamponade and cardiogenic shock and the patient was managed with veno-arterial extracor

SUBMITTER: Andrei V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7891279 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature