CASE REPORT
Recurrence of Primary Cardiac Rhabdomyosarcoma without Methastasis Two Years After Surgery
 
More details
Hide details
1
Osmaniye State Hospital, Cardiology Department, Osmaniye, Turkey
 
2
Bitlis State Hospital, Cardiology Department, Bitlis, Turkey
 
3
Yuzuncu Yil University, Faculty of Medicine, Cardiology Department, Van, Turkey
 
 
Publication date: 2012-04-10
 
 
Corresponding author
Hasan Ali Gumrukcuoglu   

Yuzunci Yil University, Faculty of Medicine, Cardiology Department, Van, Turkey
 
 
Eur J Gen Med 2012;9(2):146-148
 
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Primary malignant cardiac tumors are rare. Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common of these lesions. These tumors usually arise from the ventricular walls. They sometimes arise from the atrial walls and mimic atrioventricular valve stenosis. A case of recurrence of primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma without metastasis to other organs in a 34 year old woman is presented. The tumor arose from the posterior wall of the left atrium and extended to the posterior mitral valve leaflet. Histopathology confirmed recurrence of the cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma. Although cardiac rhabdomyosarcomas are highly lethal, operation indicated. Clarify diagnosis, relieve symptoms and improve survive intracardiac mass must be excision as as extensively as possible in these cases in order to prevent recurrence of tumor.
eISSN:2516-3507
Journals System - logo
Scroll to top