Hyperplastic Cardiac Sarcoma Recurrence

Primary cardiac sarcomas are rare tumors with a median survival of 6–12 months. Data suggest that an aggressive multidisciplinary approach may improve patient outcome. We present the case of a male who underwent resection of cardiac sarcoma three times from the age of 32 to 34. This report discusses...

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Autores principales: Shariff, Masood A., Abreu, Juan A., Durrani, Farida, Daniele, Eddie, Bowman, Kimberly C., Sadel, Scott, Asgarian, Kourosh T., McGinn, Joseph T., Nabagiez, John P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25861508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/132328
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Sumario:Primary cardiac sarcomas are rare tumors with a median survival of 6–12 months. Data suggest that an aggressive multidisciplinary approach may improve patient outcome. We present the case of a male who underwent resection of cardiac sarcoma three times from the age of 32 to 34. This report discusses the malignant nature of cardiac sarcoma and the importance of postoperative multidisciplinary care.

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