Open AccessPrimary right atrial sarcoma
Author(s) -
Virendra Bhandari,
Pramod Sakhi,
Kavita Munjal,
Amit Varma,
Rakesh Shishodiya,
Vishal Jain
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.73359
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , thoracotomy , autopsy , sarcoma , histopathological examination , case presentation , chemotherapy , palliative chemotherapy , radiology , cardiac tumors , surgery , pathology
Primary malignant tumors of heart are rare with unfavorable prognosis and are mostly diagnosed on autopsy. They have varied presentation and are difficult to diagnose. Most of the cases are benign and others are sarcomas. Here we present a case of primary cardiac sarcoma which had varied presentation and was undiagnosed due to non specific symptoms. Diagnosis of atrial tumor was confirmed on histopathological examination of tissue obtained after thoracotomy. Being inoperable, the patient was given palliative chemotherapy with which we could provide her a better quality of life.