Chondrosarcoma masquerading as cardiomyopathy.
A 17-year-old male patient presented to his primary care provider with heart failure symptoms and was transferred to our hospital with the diagnosis of idiopathic cardiomyopathy. His workup identified a large mediastinal mass with right ventricular outflow obstruction, which was resected. The pathology of the mass was a low-grade chondrosarcoma. The patient currently remains disease free at 4 years.
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA. charles.mulligan@us.army.mil
Charles R
CR
Mulligan
Houman
H
Tavaf-Motamen
Robert
R
Stewart
William C
WC
Devries
D000293:Adolescent; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery