In a 4-year-old patient with cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma complicated by cardiac tamponade, pericardiocentesis followed by polychemotherapy resulted in a 70% reduction in tumor size.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights a rare presentation of cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma complicated by cardiac tamponade in a pediatric patient.
Cardiac tamponade, characterized by slowly or rapidly developing compression (by fluid, blood, pus or gas) that prevents the heart chambers from filling with blood is one of the most dangerous complications associated with the aggressive growth of intrathoracic malignant tumors, including cardiac tumors. Clinical manifestations of this complication may include tachycardia, progressive hypotension, elevated jugular venous pressure and pulsus paradoxus (a symptom characterized by a decrease in systolic blood pressure by more than 10 mmHg during inspiration). In the present article, we report a clinical case of a patient with rhabdomyosarcoma of the heart complicated by cardiac tamponade. The patient's parents gave consent to the use of their child's data, including photographs, for research purposes and in publications.
Денисов et al. (Wed,) conducted a case report in Cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma with cardiac tamponade (n=1). Pericardiocentesis and polychemotherapy (CWS-2009 protocol) was evaluated on Tumor size reduction. In a 4-year-old patient with cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma complicated by cardiac tamponade, pericardiocentesis followed by polychemotherapy resulted in a 70% reduction in tumor size.