title: [Rabdomiosarcoma primario de corazón como causa de síncope recurrente en el adulto].
abstract: Primary or secondary neoplasms can affect the heart. Secondary are more common. However, primary neoplasms are relevant because is a group with diverse genesis, behavior, treatment and clinical manifestations. We present a case of a 45 year-old woman, with recurrent syncope started 1 year before her first consult. She had palpitations and chest pain. Echocardiography identified a left atrium mass of 2.1x1.8 cm. Endomyocardial biopsy document a primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the heart. The patient dies after a overall-survival of 22 months. This case presented had a good study of its symptoms with an accurate diagnosis and early treatment, which provided prolonged survival of this rare and aggressive neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: UCSD Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla CA, and Universidad de Santander, UDES, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
authors.forename: Julio Alexander
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Díaz-Pérez
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gómez-Arbeláez
authors.forename: Gabriel Alexander
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Hurtado-Gomez
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications*; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*