Why the study?
Cardiac tumors are rare and challenging to diagnose, lacking standard treatment protocols, making reporting crucial to understand potential complications.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights the importance of reporting lethal complications associated with medical interventions in patients with rare cardiac tumors like cardiac sarcoma.
Cardiac tumors, especially malignant ones, are rare and diagnosis is challenging since symptoms manifest late and are often non-specific. Achieving a histological diagnosis prior to resection is also difficult because biopsies often fail to yield conclusive results. Due to the low frequency, no standard treatment protocol exists and the prognosis is poor. We present a case of a cardiac sarcoma, which was found during an autopsy performed with regard to medical malpractice, because the patient died due to a medical intervention. To report cases like this is important to gain more knowledge about possible complications regarding rare diseases.
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Siegel et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Cardiac sarcoma and coronary artery disease (n=1). Cardiac catheterization and stent implantation was evaluated on Death due to hemorrhagic pericardial tamponade.
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