Open AccessPrimary cardiac osteosarcoma: Multidisciplinary aspects applicable to extraskeletal osteosarcoma generally
Author(s) -
Schneiderman Henry,
Fordham Ernest W.,
Goren Carolyn C.,
Mccall Anne Ritke,
Rosenberg Marvin S.,
Rozek Susan
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.34.2.110
Subject(s) - osteosarcoma , primary (astronomy) , medicine , multidisciplinary approach , cancer research , physics , sociology , social science , astronomy
An osteosarcoma, primary in the right ventricular epicardium, produced pericardial constriction. Intense activity on technetium‐99m bone scinTIGraphy led to a correct preoperative diagnosis. Biopsy of unrepresentative tissue clouded the diagnosis, and autopsy resolved the issue. Several clinicopathologic correlations are presented. Major therapeutic advances mandate early recognition of extraskeletal osteosarcoma, and the topic is reviewed in regard to cardiac cancers in general. The need to biopsy both hard and fleshy areas of unusual tumors is reviewed.