Primary cardiac osteosarcoma with imaging that revealed no calcifi cation
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Wataru Hashimoto, MD · Koji Hashizume, MD Tsuneo Ariyoshi, MD · Shinichiro Taniguchi, MD Takashi Miura, MD · Naoe Kinoshita, MD Kiyoyuki Eishi, MD
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Osteosarcoma is a rare primary cardiac malignancy. Calcifi cation on imaging is crucial to differentiating osteosarcoma, but we encountered a case that was diffi cult to diagnose because imaging revealed no calcifi cation. A 67-year-old man was admitted for heart failure. Echocardiography demonstrated mitral regurgitation and a mass in the left atrium. A cardiac malignancy was suspected. Computed tomography revealed no calcifi cation. Operation was performed, and histopathological examination identifi ed the tumor as an osteosarcoma.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 59:184–186 DOI 10.1007/s11748-010-0656-1 Received: 22 March 2010 / Accepted: 25 May 2010
