title: Pericardial metastasis of myxoid liposarcoma causing cardiac tamponade.
abstract: Although myxoid liposarcoma often metastasizes to various organs, cardiac metastasis is rare. We present herein a rare case with pericardial metastasis of myxoid liposarcoma, which expanded the pericardial sac extraordinarily and required an emergency operation because of acute cardiac tamponade. We undertook a review of the English literature regarding liposarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka City Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Noritaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Isowa
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chihara
authors.forename: Tadahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D018208:Liposarcoma, Myxoid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010496:Pericardium; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013848:Thigh; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures