title: Massive pulmonary embolism and a cardiac mass: Thrombus or metastasis?
abstract: Cardiac mass can be described as an abnormal structure within or directly contiguous to the heart. Tumors and thrombi are the most common types of cardiac masses. Intracardiac thrombi have been encountered in various clinical settings and can result in severe morbidity and mortality due to embolic events. Cardiac neoplasms are extremely rare, and are usually metastatic tumors. The major primary malignancies associated with cardiac metastases include cancers of the lung, breast, stomach, and liver, and lymphoma, leukemia, and melanoma. Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common type of bone malignancy, and is almost always highly malignant. A previous study demonstrated that OS very rarely metastasizes to the heart. Presently reported is an unusual case of OS with intracaval, right atrial, and right ventricular extension that was misdiagnosed as venous thrombus.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Ercis State Hospital, Van, Turkey. dktr_mrt@hotmail.com.
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Gül
authors: Department of Cardiology, Ercis State Hospital, Van, Turkey.
authors: Naci
authors: N
authors: Babat
authors: Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Fatih Mehmet
authors: FM
authors: Uçar
authors: Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Mehmet Serdar
authors: MS
authors: Kuyumcu
authors: Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Özcan
authors: Ö
authors: Özeke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D012516:Osteosarcoma; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism