Malignant primary cardiac tumor. About a case

Authors

  • Arlenis Rodríguez Martínez ICCCV
  • Amaury Flores Sánchez ICCCV
  • Nizahel Estévez Álvarez ICCCV
  • LLimia Bencomo Rodríguez ICCCV
  • Reynaldo Alvarez Santana Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras.
  • Biolkys Y. Zorio Valdés

Keywords:

tumores cardíacos, neoplasias cardíacas, ecocardiografía

Abstract

Male patient 54 years old who debuted with respiratory failure that preceded a box of heart failure. When performing transthoracic echocardiography mass was observed in moderate right ventricular outflow tract obstruction thereof. Additional imaging studies such as chest radiography, tomography multislice proven thoraco-abdominal, abdominal ultrasound and an image was shown on the base right posterior lung were performed. Compatible Biopsy of the lesion was performed with tumor mesenchymal cells. Given the high probability that it was not advanced neoplastic disease underwent surgery. The patient died days later in acute renal failure. The final pathological diagnosis confirmed the presence of spindle cell sarcoma of the right ventricle of the heart with multiple metastases.
Keywords: cardiac tumors, heart tumors, echocardiography.

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Author Biographies

Arlenis Rodríguez Martínez, ICCCV

Especialista de Primer Grado en cardiología. ICCCV

Amaury Flores Sánchez, ICCCV

Especialista de Segundo Grado en cardiología

Master en ciencias

Investigador y Profesor Auxiliar ICCCV

Nizahel Estévez Álvarez, ICCCV

Especialista de Primer Grado en cardiología. ICCCV

Reynaldo Alvarez Santana, Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras.

Especialista de segundo grado en Anatomía Patológica.

Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras.

Published

2016-07-30

How to Cite

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Rodríguez Martínez A, Flores Sánchez A, Estévez Álvarez N, Bencomo Rodríguez L, Alvarez Santana R, Zorio Valdés BY. Malignant primary cardiac tumor. About a case. Rev. cuba. cardiol. cir. cardiovasc. [Internet]. 2016 Jul. 30 [cited 2025 Apr. 1];22(2):98-101. Available from: https://revcardiologia.sld.cu/index.php/revcardiologia/article/view/641

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