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A 69-year-old woman with a rare right ventricular metastasis of leiomyosarcoma diagnosed via echocardiography and PET/CT died from untreatable ventricular tachycardia one month after palliative care.
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This case report highlights a rare presentation of right ventricular metastasis of leiomyosarcoma, visualized by echocardiography and PET/CT, which resulted in fatal ventricular tachycardia.
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Cardiac metastases warrant consideration in leiomyosarcoma patients with arrhythmias; this case leaves open optimal surveillance and management strategies.
Metastatic presentation of leiomyosarcoma in the heart is very rare. We present transthoracic echocardiography and combined PET/CT images of a case with a large right ventricular metastasis of leiomyosarcoma. The patient was placed on cytostatic drugs for palliative purposes, but passed away one month later because of an untreatable ventricular tackycardia.
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Dencker et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Right ventricular metastasis of leiomyosarcoma (n=1). Cytostatic drugs was evaluated. A 69-year-old woman with a rare right ventricular metastasis of leiomyosarcoma diagnosed via echocardiography and PET/CT died from untreatable ventricular tachycardia one month after palliative care.
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