Osteosarcoma to the left Heart

Osteosarcoma to the left Heart

Primary and secondary tumors of the heart are rare. Myxoma is the commonest benign tumor. Of the malignant lesions metastatic heart tumors are more common although these have received little clinical attention. The right side of the heart is more commonly involved while the pericardium and/or myocar...

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Main Authors: Gitura B.M, Mungania M, Okumu W.J, Musibi A.M, Gatura J.G, MBChB
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Surgical Society of Kenya 2010-07-01
Series:The Annals of African Surgery
Online Access:https://www.annalsofafricansurgery.com/osteosarcoma-to-the-left-heart
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spelling doaj-170be73f8bc1453789bcec9900584b9f2020-11-24T21:47:13ZengSurgical Society of Kenya The Annals of African Surgery1999-96742523-08162010-07-016Osteosarcoma to the left HeartGitura B.M0Mungania M1Okumu W.J2Musibi A.M3Gatura J.G, MBChB4Kenyatta National HospitalKenyatta National Hospital, NairobiKenyatta National Hospital, NairobiKenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Microbiology ResearchUniversity of NairobiPrimary and secondary tumors of the heart are rare. Myxoma is the commonest benign tumor. Of the malignant lesions metastatic heart tumors are more common although these have received little clinical attention. The right side of the heart is more commonly involved while the pericardium and/or myocardium more frequently involved than the endocardium. We present a case of metastatic osteosarcoma into the endocardium of the left atrium.https://www.annalsofafricansurgery.com/osteosarcoma-to-the-left-heart
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author Gitura B.M
Mungania M
Okumu W.J
Musibi A.M
Gatura J.G, MBChB
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Mungania M
Okumu W.J
Musibi A.M
Gatura J.G, MBChB
Osteosarcoma to the left Heart
The Annals of African Surgery
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Mungania M
Okumu W.J
Musibi A.M
Gatura J.G, MBChB
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title Osteosarcoma to the left Heart
title_short Osteosarcoma to the left Heart
title_full Osteosarcoma to the left Heart
title_fullStr Osteosarcoma to the left Heart
title_full_unstemmed Osteosarcoma to the left Heart
title_sort osteosarcoma to the left heart
publisher Surgical Society of Kenya
series The Annals of African Surgery
issn 1999-9674
2523-0816
publishDate 2010-07-01
description Primary and secondary tumors of the heart are rare. Myxoma is the commonest benign tumor. Of the malignant lesions metastatic heart tumors are more common although these have received little clinical attention. The right side of the heart is more commonly involved while the pericardium and/or myocardium more frequently involved than the endocardium. We present a case of metastatic osteosarcoma into the endocardium of the left atrium.
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