title: Asymptomatic metastatic osteosarcoma to the right ventricle: Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Metastatic cardiac tumors are far more common than primary tumors, and benign primary cardiac tumors are common than malignant tumors. We report a 22-year-old Saudi woman with right femur osteosarcoma who was found to have a large right ventricular mass by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Diagnosis was highly suggestive by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) scan. We performed a review of the literature for metastatic osteosarcoma of the right ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Prince Salman Heart Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh.
authors.forename: Abdelfatah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elasfar
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khalifa
authors.forename: Abdulaziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alghamdi
authors.forename: Rizwan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khalid
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kashour
keywords: CT, computed tomography; Cardiac osteosarcoma; Cardiac tumors; FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose; Intracardiac metastasis; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; PET, positron emission tomography; RV, right ventricle; TEE, and transesophageal echocardiography; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography