Key result
Cryoablation combined with iodine-125 seed implantation resulted in well-controlled cardiac metastasis and survival at 12 months in a patient with alveolar soft part sarcoma.
Why the study?
Does cryoablation combined with iodine-125 implantation provide effective palliative treatment for cardiac metastasis from alveolar soft part sarcoma?
Case Report (n=1)
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Does cryoablation combined with iodine-125 implantation provide effective palliative treatment for cardiac metastasis from alveolar soft part sarcoma?
Cryoablation combined with iodine-125 seed implantation may serve as an effective palliative treatment for cardiac metastasis from alveolar soft part sarcoma.
Single-case success suggests palliative option in rare cardiac metastases; leaves open prospective validation in alveolar soft part sarcoma.
OBJECTIVES: A 36-year-old Asian man was referred to our hospital with cardiac metastasis. He had a history of alveolar soft part sarcoma and initially underwent resection in 2005. METHODS: After exposing the tumor by thoracotomy, cryoablation was performed under ultrasound guidance. This treatment was combined with iodine-125 seed implantation to treat the cardiac metastasis. RESULTS: The patient had an uneventful recovery, and his cardiac function shows no obvious abnormalities. Imaging techniques suggest that cardiac metastasis was well controlled, and the patient is still alive 12 months after treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Tumor cryoablation, combined with iodine seed implantations, may be regarded as a means of palliative treatment.
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Niu et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Cardiac metastasis from alveolar soft part sarcoma (n=1). Cryoablation combined with iodine-125 seed implantation was evaluated on Tumor control and survival. Cryoablation combined with iodine-125 seed implantation resulted in well-controlled cardiac metastasis and survival at 12 months in a patient with alveolar soft part sarcoma.
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