Key result
Non-contrast thoracic CT detects late calcific cardiac metastases in osteosarcoma.
Why the study?
Cardiac osteosarcoma metastasis is extremely rare and its imaging characteristics and demographic features require further description.
Case Report (n=1)
Thoracic non-enhanced CT is beneficial for detecting rare calcific cardiac metastases from osteosarcoma.
May support non-enhanced CT for detecting calcific cardiac metastases in osteosarcoma; leaves open prospective validation in larger cohorts.
Cardiac osteosarcoma metastasis is extremely rare and is documented in several case reports in the literature. The behaviour of osteosarcoma metastases is similar to the primary tumour. Thoracic non-enhanced computed tomography (CT) examination is beneficial in the detection of calcific cardiac metastases. In this case report, we describe a 29-year-old woman with cardiac osteosarcoma metastasis after 7 years of follow-up, compare the demographic features with previous cases and discuss the imaging findings.
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Şahin et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Cardiac osteosarcoma metastasis (n=1). Thoracic non-enhanced computed tomography (CT) was evaluated on Detection of calcific cardiac metastases. Thoracic non-enhanced computed tomography (CT) successfully detected calcific cardiac metastases in a 29-year-old woman with osteosarcoma after 7 years of follow-up.
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