IMR Press / RCM / Volume 18 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.3909/ricm0859

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Open Access Case Review
Cardiac Metastasis of Nonvisceral Soft-tissue Leiomyosarcoma
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1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System - Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA
2 Department of Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA
3 Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA
4 Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2017, 18(2), 78–81; https://doi.org/10.3909/ricm0859
Published: 30 June 2017
Abstract
Metastasis of a nonvisceral leiomyosarcoma to the heart is rare. We present the case of a man with a history of an upper extremity cancerous lesion that was completely resected with appropriate surveillance monitoring, which then metastasized to the heart 14 years later, presenting as superior vena cava syndrome. Full evaluation found no other metastatic lesions, including no residual sarcoma at the former primary site. We include transthoracic echocardiography and computed tomography images of unusual presentation of the large mass extending from the caudal superior vena cava to the right atrium and into the right ventricle across the tricuspid valve.
Keywords
Cardiac mass
Metastasis
Nonvisceral leiomyosarcoma
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