title: Primary monophasic mediastinal, cardiac and pericardial synovial sarcoma: a young man in distress.
abstract: A 19-year-old male was admitted because of exertional dyspnoea. The imaging studies revealed epicardial, pericardial and mediastinal masses. The tumours could not be resected through a minor thoracotomy, only biopsies could be taken. Analyses led to the final diagnosis of a monophasic synovial sarcoma. The patient preferred a conservative and palliative approach. Three months later he died at home. Autopsy demonstrated dramatic extension of the tumour masses. We conclude this report with a discussion on primary cardiac tumours. (Neth Heart J 2007;15:226-8.).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Zwaan
authors.forename: S C A M
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bekkers
authors.forename: L A F M
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: van Garsse
authors.forename: R L H
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: van Suylen