Primary monophasic mediastinal, cardiac and pericardial synovial sarcoma: a young man in distress.
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.).
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Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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