title: Extraskeletal chondroblastic osteosarcoma in the left atrium.
abstract: Primary cardiac extrasceletal osteosarcomas are uncommon tumours. They have aggressive behaviour and thus poor prognosis. This report describes a 40-year old female patient who was referred to our hospital with dyspnoea, weakness and syncopal attacks. Echocardiography and chest computed tomography showed a left atrial mass, and tumour excision revealed a cardiac chondroblastic osteosarcoma. After pathological diagnosis, she was scheduled for chemotherapy and radiotherapy by the related departments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey ozgekorkmaz73@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Özge
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sabahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Göksel
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice Reyhan
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Eğilmez
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Öcal
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Berkan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D059186:Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Chondroblastic osteosarcoma; Extraskeletal; Heart; Primary