title: Emergency management of severe right ventricular inflow obstruction secondary to a metastatic cardiac tumor.
abstract: We report the case of a 21-year-old female with previous history of primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the anterior abdominal wall who developed severe manifestations of right heart failure due to a mass obliterating the right ventricular cavity. She underwent emergent resection of the mass with histopathologic confirmation of metastatic neuroectodermal tumor. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of emergent surgical excision of a metastatic cardiac tumor of primitive neuroectodermal origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokat Medical School, Tokat, Turkey. enaseri@turk.net
authors.forename: Erdinç
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Naseri
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eralp
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oztek
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018242:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D015251:Epirubicin; D014750:Vincristine; D007069:Ifosfamide