title: Giant metastatic myxoid liposarcoma causing cardiac tamponade: a case report.
abstract: We report a case of a rapidly progressing isolated giant metastatic myxoid liposarcoma to the heart in a 54-year-old man, who presented with acute symptoms of cardiac tamponade. Surgery remains the best treatment option for this rare condition.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Shelin P T
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Calvin S H
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Tak-Wai
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Innes Y P
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Anthony P C
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: Ahmed A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Arifi
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018208:Liposarcoma, Myxoid / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*