Key result
Surgery and radiation fail to prevent death at ~2 months in primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma.
Why the study?
Primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma is rare and associated with poor prognosis, with limited data on clinical presentation and outcomes.
Case Report (n=1)
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Primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma carries a poor prognosis, particularly when complete surgical resection is not possible and chemotherapy is not tolerated.
Emphasizes poor prognosis in primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma; leaves open the search for effective treatments.
A 43-year-old woman presented with worsening shortness of breath and lower-extremity edema. Echocardiography and computed tomography showed obstruction of blood flow due to a mass filling the right atrium. Emergency surgery was performed for circulatory failure. Primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma was diagnosed based on a histological examination. The patient died about two months after the diagnosis despite surgical excision and radiation therapy. The poor prognosis may have resulted from the grossly incomplete removal of the tumor and chemotherapy intolerance. We herein report a case of primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma filling the right atrium and offer possible reasons for the poor prognosis.
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Kimura et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma (n=1). Surgical excision and radiation therapy was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 43-year-old woman with primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma filling the right atrium died approximately two months after diagnosis despite surgical excision and radiation therapy.
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