title: Huge biatrial cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma resulting in bilateral atrioventricular valve obstruction.
abstract: We present a case report of a 28-year-old man with a huge tumor that occupies both dilated atria almost completely but not extending into the ventricles. Cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma (CR) is extremely rare in adult patients. Its rarity and heterogenous clinical presentation make diagnosis difficult. In our case, after we have made an initial diagnosis via echocardiography, we took biopsies under computed tomography (CT) guiding. Histologic examination showed a CR. We want to emphasize that CT-guided biopsy is a useful and applicable technique in establishing preoperative diagnosis of intracardiac masses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Gazi University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey. yusuftavil@gmail.com <yusuftavil@gmail.com>
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tavil
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turkoglu
authors.forename: Gulten
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tacoy
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cemri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D024221:Antineoplastic Protocols; D001706:Biopsy; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*