Key result
A 22-year-old man presented with an exceedingly rare case of osteosarcoma with significant intracardiac tumor burden.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights an exceedingly rare presentation of cardiac metastasis from primary osteosarcoma in a young adult.
Alerts clinicians to rare cardiac metastases in osteosarcoma; extends limited case reports but leaves management unresolved.
Primary osteosarcoma accounts for 3% of all childhood cancer. It commonly occurs during the adolescent growth spurt and is more common in boys than girls and in African Americans than white people. The 5-year survival is approximately 79%. Cardiac metastasis of osteosarcoma is exceedingly rare; we present an unusual case in a 22-year-old man with significant intracardiac tumor burden. Additionally, we review the current pediatric cardiac tumor literature.
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Pinder et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Osteosarcoma with cardiac metastasis (n=1). A 22-year-old man presented with an exceedingly rare case of osteosarcoma with significant intracardiac tumor burden.
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