title: Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma. A rare tumor with poor prognosis.
abstract: Synovial sarcoma comprises approximately 10% of all soft tissue tumors. Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma is exceedingly rare and accounts for<1% of all primary cardiac tumors. These tumors are highly aggressive with survival<1 year, even with surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation. We describe the case of a 45-year-old gentleman with primary cardiac synovial sarcoma of the heart, metastasizing to the lung. The tumor was resected, and the patient underwent chemotherapy with regression of the lung nodules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kings College Hospital/King's Health Partners, London, UK hkhan1@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kings College Hospital/King's Health Partners, London, UK.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaubey
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kings College Hospital/King's Health Partners, London, UK.
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edlin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kings College Hospital/King's Health Partners, London, UK.
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wendler
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Heart atria; Heart neoplasms; Sarcoma; synovial