title: [Giant cardiac metastasis of myxoid liposarcoma causing cardiac tamponade; report of a case].
abstract: We report a very rare case of cardiac metastasis of myxoid liposarcoma. A 55-year-old man presented with dyspnea. Two and a half years ago, he underwent resection of myxoid liposarcoma in the left thigh. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a giant tumor occupying the pericardiac cavity and pressing the heart and consequently causing cardiac tamponade. The patient underwent surgery through a left thoracotomy approach. The pericardiac cavity was filled with a giant tumor with a stalk from the right ventricle and 2 small nodules on the main pulmonary artery. He was relieved from the symptom: however, he had a recurrence of the tumor at the same site 5 months after the operation. He underwent surgery for the removal of the second tumor; however, he died 49 days after the operation. Although cardiac metastasis is a very rare condition, its awareness is essential for careful long-term follow-up for the early detection of a metastatic cardiac liposarcoma after the resection of the primary tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsuyama Chuo Hospital, Tsuyama, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suehiro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshitaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuinose
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Monobe
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D018208:Liposarcoma, Myxoid / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013848:Thigh