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Maneuvering the Management of a Rare Case of Primary Undifferentiated Cardiac Sarcoma

Patient: Male, 58-year-old Final Diagnosis: Sarcoma Symptoms: Pain Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Oncology OBJECTIVE: Rare disease BACKGROUND: Primary cardiac tumors are rare and mostly benign. Cardiac sarcomas are the most common malignant neoplasms of the heart and harbor a dismal...

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Autores principales: Abbas, Hussein A., Amini, Behrang, Wang, Wei-Lien, Ravi, Vinod
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7117855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32198341
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.918878
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Sumario:Patient: Male, 58-year-old Final Diagnosis: Sarcoma Symptoms: Pain Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Oncology OBJECTIVE: Rare disease BACKGROUND: Primary cardiac tumors are rare and mostly benign. Cardiac sarcomas are the most common malignant neoplasms of the heart and harbor a dismal prognosis of 6 to 12 months. The diagnosis of cardiac sarcomas may be challenging. Treatment entails surgical resection despite the high rate of recurrence, as well as adjuvant chemotherapy. CASE REPORT: In this report, we discuss a case of a 58-year-old male with undifferentiated pleomorphic primary cardiac sarcomas who received multiple lines of treatment that included surgery, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy and was alive more than 4 years after his diagnosis. Herein, we discuss the different treatment regimens utilized and we present detailed imaging of his case findings at different treatment stages. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment of undifferentiated pleomorphic cardiac sarcoma requires a multidisciplinary approach. Surgery and adjuvant treatment are commonly utilized, while neoadjuvant treatment is under investigation.