title: Primary right atrial synovial sarcoma manifesting as transient ischemic attacks.
abstract: Primary tumors of the heart are rare and most of them benign. The majority of benign cardiac tumors are myxomas while almost all malignant cardiac tumors are sarcomas. We present a case of primary right atrial synovial sarcoma, a form of sarcoma particularly rare in the heart. The tumor manifested clinically as transient ischemic attacks probably related to a patent foramen ovale allowing paradoxical tumor embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bittira
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hüttner
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery