Heart transplantation treatment for a malignant cardiac granular cell tumor: 33 months of survival.
A malignant granular cell tumor is a high-grade sarcoma with a high rate of metastasis, local recurrence and short survival. We describe a patient who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation due to a metastatic unresectable malignant granular cell tumor. At thirty-three months following this procedure she is alive and free of recurrence.
Cardiac Surgery Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Avda. Ramón y Cajal, 5 Valladolid, Spain. javgua@hotmail.com
Javier
J
Gualis
Yolanda
Y
Carrascal
Luis
L
de la Fuente
Jose Ramón
JR
Echevarría
D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D016586:Granular Cell Tumor / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome