Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2015 Dec;48(6):426-428. 10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.6.426.
Intracardiac Metastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea. cabg.jeong@samsung.com
- KMID: 2382303
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.6.426
Abstract
- A 70-year-old man who visited Samsung Medical Center reported experiencing palpitation for 2 weeks. He had undergone excision of a mass in the right buttock due to rhabdomyosarcoma 7 years prior to this visit. Transesophageal echocardiography showed a pedunculated mass in the left ventricle, which was thought to be a vegetation of infective endocarditis, metastasis of the primary tumor, or thrombus. He underwent removal of the cardiac tumor, and the pathologic report was metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma. Thus, here, we report a rare case of metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma in the left ventricle.
