title: Primary cardiac osteosarcoma.
abstract: Primary cardiac neoplasms are an infrequent disease, as most of the tumors arising in the heart are metastatic. Between the malignant tumors, sarcomas are the most frequent ones, accounting for at least 95% of them. We report the case of a 70-year old woman, diagnosed of primary cardiac osteosarcoma arising in the left atrium. Although complete excision of the tumor was performed, the disease relapsed and subsequently developed metastatic disease. In this paper, we also review briefly the management of this rare disease and the therapeutic options.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain. alvaro_pinto_marin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González Barón
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery