Metastatic osteogenic sarcoma to the heart presenting as bacterial endocarditis.
A patient with metastatic osteogenic sarcoma involving the left atrium is described who presented with features of bacterial endocarditis. The source of infection was the adjacent esophagus into which the tumor had eroded. This case demonstrates that sarcomas metastasizing to the heart may result in a clinical condition indistinguishable from infective endocarditis. At post-mortem, careful dissection of cardiac metastases should be undertaken to check for possible esophageal involvement.
James
C L
CL
Department of Histopathology, Adelaide Children's Hospital, SA.
Byard
R W
RW
Knight
W B
WB
Rice
M S
MS
D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*