title: Acute Liver Failure Due to Budd-Chiari Syndrome in the Setting of Cardiac Synovial Sarcoma.
abstract: Primary malignant tumors of the heart, specifically cardiac sarcomas, are rare and mainly diagnosed at autopsy. Acute Budd-Chiari syndrome is a recognized cause of acute liver failure and has been associated with several rare cardiac tumors: atrial myxoma, caval rhabdomyosarcoma, and primary cardiac adenocarcinoma. We present the first case of a fatal, highly differentiated cardiac synovial sarcoma that presented as acute liver failure from Budd-Chiari syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
authors.forename: Jonathan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Stine
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Ajeet G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Vinayak