Key result
Primary cardiac pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma metastasizes to brain and thyroid following surgical resection.
Why the study?
Primary cardiac sarcomas are extremely rare tumors with aggressive behavior and incompletely defined treatment strategies.
Case Report (n=1)
Primary cardiac pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma is an aggressive tumor that can present with rare distant metastases to the brain and thyroid.
Rare metastases in cardiac sarcoma warrant vigilance in follow-up; leaves open optimal surveillance and management strategies.
Primary cardiac sarcomas are extremely rare with only a few large case series and isolated case reports in the literature. In spite of their aggressive nature with high chances of local recurrence and distant metastases, these tumors and their treatment strategies remain incompletely defined. We report an unsuspected case of primary cardiac pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma in a 52-year-old female who presented with progressive dyspnea and palpitation. In the postoperative period, she was detected to have secondaries in brain and thyroid, confirmed thereafter, by fine-needle aspiration cytology.
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Yesodharan et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma (n=1). A 52-year-old female with primary cardiac pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma was found to have metastases to the brain and thyroid in the postoperative period.
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