title: Primary osteosarcoma of the heart: experience of an unusual case.
abstract: Primary cardiac osteosarcomas are uncommon tumors. They have an aggressive biology and hence poor prognosis. This report describes a 23-year-old male patient who was referred to our hospital with chest pain. Echocardiography showed a left atrial mass, and tumor excision revealed a cardiac osteosarcoma. Adjuvant cisplatin plus ifosfamide combination chemotherapy provided a disease-free survival of 9 months; unfortunately the patient died of metastatic disease thereafter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Düriye Sila
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Karagöz Özen
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Selcukbiricik
authors.forename: Sinem Nihal
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Esatoglu
authors.forename: Zeynep Hande
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Turna
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beyaz
authors.forename: Sergülen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dervisoglu
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozgüroglu
keywords: Cardiac tumor; Extraskeletal osteosarcoma; Mitral stenosis