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Left ventricular metastasis of osteosarcoma: A report of an unusual case
Author(s) -
Snoussi Nour El Houda,
Radi Fatimazohra,
Oussou Yousra,
Manouri Kawtar,
El Hattab FatimaZahra,
Cherti Mohamed
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.15021
Subject(s) - medicine , osteosarcoma , metastasis , cardiology , radiology , cancer research , cancer
Background Secondary cardiac tumors are far more frequent than primary tumors. Cardiac metastasis of osteosarcoma is extremely rare. Case Presentation We report a 14‐year‐old child with left femur osteosarcoma that had metastasized to the left ventricle after 30 months of follow‐up. The diagnosis was confirmed based on the findings of transthoracic echocardiography and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Surgical removal was indicated in the patient, but his parents refused this decision, and the patient was discharged and admitted to a pediatric oncology center for chemotherapy. The patient died after four courses of chemotherapy. Conclusion Cardiac metastasis of osteosarcoma is a strong predictor of disease. The demographic differences shown in our case include male sex and a short interval between onset and cardiac involvement.