Cardiac sarcoma presenting with abdominal pain and mimicking myxoma on echocardiogram.
Cardiac sarcoma's are highly aggressive tumours. Clear resection margins ± autotransplant, followed by chemotherapy, offers the best survival chance. Therefore, frozen section should be preformed when there is ambiguity in diagnosis.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George's Hospital, London SW17 0QT, UK.
Mohammad S
MS
Diab
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George's Hospital, London SW17 0QT, UK.
Jeremy
J
Smelt
Department of Anaesthesia, St. George's Hospital, London SW17 0QT, UK.
Nick
N
Fletcher
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George's Hospital, London SW17 0QT, UK.
Mazin
M
Sarsam
Cardiovascular medicine; oncology; surgery
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