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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Sun, Yun-Penga | Wang, Xuanb | Gao, Yong-Shenga | Zhao, Songc; * | Bai, Yanga; *
Affiliations: [a] The Cardiac Surgery Department, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China | [b] Department of Pharmacology, The College of Basic Medicine of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China | [c] The Spine Surgery Department, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding authors: Yang Bai, The Cardiac Surgery Department, the First Hospital of Jilin University,
Abstract: In large autopsy series, the estimated frequency of primary tumors of the heart ranges from 0.0017% to 0.33%. Approximately 25% of primary cardiac tumors are malignant, and nearly 20% of these are sarcomas. To date, a completely feasible surgical resection remains the major treatment measure of cardiac sarcoma, especially for recurrent focal cardiac sarcoma and the recurrence of a restrictive metastasis. Although characteristically medical treatments are recommended, there is no consistent opinion for adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy following an operation. Since these tumors usually undergo extensive spread by the time that the diagnosis is established, the prognosis of cardiac sarcoma remains poor. In this report, we described a case who underwent initial cardiac tumor resection, and was confirmed to be a pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma based on pathological findings. However, the patient complicated with cerebral infarction and subsequent brain metastasis sarcoma after the initial surgery, which was confirmed by brain tissue pathology. During the course of therapy, the patient underwent three surgical operations and refused to accept any chemotherapy and radiotherapy intervention. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report describing a primary cardiac sarcoma complicated with cerebral infarction and brain metastasis. The management of primary cardiac sarcoma is also discussed.
Keywords: Primary cardiac sarcoma, cerebral infarction, brain metastasis
DOI: 10.3233/CBM-170448
Journal: Cancer Biomarkers, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 247-250, 2018
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