Right ventricular undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma: A case report

• Main Authors: Sadra Yadsar, Mahnaz Abavisani, Rasool Lakziyan, Zohreh Sarchahi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
• Series: Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
• Subjects: cardiac tumor; right ventricle; sarcoma
• Online Access: http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2021;volume=24;issue=1;spage=102;epage=104;aulast=Yadsar

In this paper, a case of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma in a patient with right-sided heart failure has been explored. A 61-year-old woman complaining from cough and dyspnea for a week following indistinctive surgery on right buttock area with reported pathology of malignant undifferentiated tumor presented to the hospital. Laboratory results indicated negative TPi enzyme and D.dimer of 4127.81 mg/L. In transthoracic echocardiography, a mass filling the entire right ventricular space was observed. A resection surgery was performed and the pathology was reported as primary cardiac sarcoma.