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Cardiac metastasis of great saphenous vein leiomyosarcoma |
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| Authors: | Ahmet Güner MD Ezgi G. Güner MD Kadriye M. Sancar MD Burak Onan MD Nur Büyükpınarbaşılı MD Mehmet Ertürk MD Batuhan Yazıcı MD Macit Kalçık MD Mustafa Yıldız MD |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;3. Department of Pathology, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey;4. Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey |
| Abstract: | We present a case with cardiac metastasis of the great saphenous vein leiomyosarcoma (LMS) that presented to the emergency department with dyspnea and palpitations 2 months ago. In this patient, hemodynamic instability was caused by an extensive right ventricular cavity and outflow tract invasion of the LMS. Treatment of the patient included incomplete mass resection, adjuvant chemotherapy, and permanent pacemaker implantation (due to postoperative complete atrio-ventricular block). |
| Keywords: | echocardiography leiomyosarcoma magnetic resonance imaging right ventricle |