title: Pulmonary vein metastasis of a sacral chordoma extending into the left atrial cavity.
abstract: Chordomas are rare malignant tumors that rise from notochordal remnants of the developing spine. Distant metastases are rare and mostly occur in patients with local recurrence. In the case reported, 14 years after radical resection of a sacral chordoma, a distant metastasis to the left pulmonary vein with large intracardiac mass, location never described before, was diagnosed. No evidence of local recurrence was observed. Although the intracardiac tumor part was successfully resected, the patient died of heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Radiology, Germany. mariadoctor@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prompona
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Linn
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burdorf
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Assmann
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichart
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reiser
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nikolaou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002817:Chordoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012447:Sacrum / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery