Title | "Second" Primary Cardiac Sarcoma in a Patient With Ewing Sarcoma. Always Expect The Unexpected. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | Di Franco A, Gaudino M, Weinsaft JW, Pun SC, Narula N, Khan SA, Malik ZM, Ohmes LB, Skubas NJ, Girardi LN |
Journal | Ann Thorac Surg |
Volume | 103 |
Issue | 2 |
Pagination | e131-e133 |
Date Published | 2017 Feb |
ISSN | 1552-6259 |
Keywords | Adolescent, Bone Neoplasms, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Chemoradiotherapy, Combined Modality Therapy, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Follow-Up Studies, Heart Neoplasms, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine, Male, Neoplasms, Second Primary, Positron-Emission Tomography, Rare Diseases, Ribs, Risk Assessment, Sarcoma, Sarcoma, Ewing, Treatment Outcome |
Abstract | A high suspicion for relapsed metastatic disease must arise when an intracardiac mass is detected in a patient with a recent history of Ewing sarcoma. Nevertheless, the scenario may eventually turn out to be much more complex than expected, and the possibility that the intracardiac tumor may instead be a "second" primary sarcoma, although extremely rare, should also be considered. We describe the first case of concomitant diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma and low-grade myxoid spindle cell sarcoma in the same young patient. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.07.063 |
Alternate Journal | Ann. Thorac. Surg. |
PubMed ID | 28109371 |