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Cardiac metastasis of great saphenous vein leiomyosarcoma
Author(s) -
Güner Ahmet,
Güner Ezgi G.,
Sancar Kadriye M.,
Onan Burak,
Büyükpınarbaşılı Nur,
Ertürk Mehmet,
Yazıcı Batuhan,
Kalçık Macit,
Yıldız Mustafa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.14744
Subject(s) - medicine , palpitations , leiomyosarcoma , vein , metastasis , surgery , ventricular outflow tract , cardiology , cancer
We present a case with cardiac metastasis of the great saphenous vein leiomyosarcoma (LMS) that presented to the emergency department with dyspnea and palpitations 2 months ago. In this patient, hemodynamic instability was caused by an extensive right ventricular cavity and outflow tract invasion of the LMS. Treatment of the patient included incomplete mass resection, adjuvant chemotherapy, and permanent pacemaker implantation (due to postoperative complete atrio‐ventricular block).