Cardiac metastasis from osteosarcoma.
A case of osteosarcoma metastatic to the heart demonstrated by computed tomography (CT) is reported. Although the prognosis is poor, successful excision of such a metastasis has been reported previously. It is pertinent to examine the heart for metastases by CT, since these patients may be followed by this modality for the development of pulmonary metastases.
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed