[Demonstration of accelerated growth of heart sarcoma using imaging techniques].
We report the case of a patient presenting a sarcoma of interatrial septum with an accelerated growth and a fulminate clinical course documented by non-invasive image diagnostic techniques, habitual in the cardiologic practice. The natural history of some cardiac malignant tumours, as aggressive as in this case, explains the diagnostic delay, the difficulty to establish a curative treatment such as surgery and/or chemotherapy/radiotherapy and the awful short-term prognosis.
Sánchez-Recalde
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Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid. asrecalde@offcampus.net
Peinado Peinado
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Domínguez Melcón
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Fuertes Beneitez
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Pérez Gallego
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Sobrino
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D000328:Adult; D002455:Cell Division; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography