Primary Osteosarcoma of the Right Heart Ventricle and Atrium; a Case Report

Primary Osteosarcoma of the Right Heart Ventricle and Atrium; a Case Report

Most primary malignancies of the heart, among them also osteosarcoma are found in the left and very uncommonly in the right ventricle. We report a 75-year-old patient with a primary osteosarcoma sited in the right ventricle occluding the pulmonary outflow. The diagnosis was made when the patient was...

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Main Authors: Terje Forslund, John Melin, Anders Seppä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CMO.S541
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spelling doaj-bbbb45d5b6824000ade424137ed7691b2020-11-25T03:18:22ZengSAGE PublishingClinical Medicine Insights: Oncology1179-55492008-01-01210.4137/CMO.S541Primary Osteosarcoma of the Right Heart Ventricle and Atrium; a Case ReportTerje Forslund0John Melin1Anders Seppä2Department of Medicine, Central Finland Health Care District Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland.Department of Medicine, Central Finland Health Care District Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland.Department of Pathology, Central Finland Health Care District Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland.Most primary malignancies of the heart, among them also osteosarcoma are found in the left and very uncommonly in the right ventricle. We report a 75-year-old patient with a primary osteosarcoma sited in the right ventricle occluding the pulmonary outflow. The diagnosis was made when the patient was alive, using echocardiography and computerized scan tomography examinations. Like in previous reports on such malignancies, it was far too late for surgical or other therapeutic interventions, and the histological diagnosis was made post mortem.https://doi.org/10.4137/CMO.S541
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Primary Osteosarcoma of the Right Heart Ventricle and Atrium; a Case Report
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title Primary Osteosarcoma of the Right Heart Ventricle and Atrium; a Case Report
title_short Primary Osteosarcoma of the Right Heart Ventricle and Atrium; a Case Report
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title_fullStr Primary Osteosarcoma of the Right Heart Ventricle and Atrium; a Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Primary Osteosarcoma of the Right Heart Ventricle and Atrium; a Case Report
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series Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology
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publishDate 2008-01-01
description Most primary malignancies of the heart, among them also osteosarcoma are found in the left and very uncommonly in the right ventricle. We report a 75-year-old patient with a primary osteosarcoma sited in the right ventricle occluding the pulmonary outflow. The diagnosis was made when the patient was alive, using echocardiography and computerized scan tomography examinations. Like in previous reports on such malignancies, it was far too late for surgical or other therapeutic interventions, and the histological diagnosis was made post mortem.
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