Why the study?
Cardiac metastases are rare.
Case Report (n=1)
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Urgent surgical resection of cardiac metastasis from malignant phyllodes tumor can relieve severe mitral valve obstruction, though the prognosis remains poor due to high relapse risk.
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May relieve acute obstruction from rare cardiac metastasis; leaves open durable benefit given rapid relapse.
Cardiac metastases are rare. Herein, we report a case of a 37-year-old female patient with a history of borderline breast phyllodes tumor (PT) treated by surgery, admitted to our department for concomitant cardiac and pulmonary metastases of malignant PT. Cardiac metastasis occurred through direct extension from pulmonary metastasis to the left atrium via the right inferior pulmonary vein, causing severe mitral valve obstruction. Although the total surgical removal of metastases, the patient had a huge relapse of the mediastinal metastasis resulting in her death.
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Chamtouri et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Mitral valve obstruction by metastatic malignant phyllodes tumor (n=1). Urgent mass resection surgery was evaluated on Patient survival and tumor recurrence.
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