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Cardiac metastases of osteosarcoma
Qureshi Sajid Shafique1, Mistry Rajesh C, Neve Rakesh S
1Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India. sajidshafique@rediffmail.com
Abstract
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Osteosarcoma is a malignancy whose various sites of metastasis greatly modify its ultimate prognosis. We report a case of simultaneous pulmonary and cardiac metastases in a 41-year-old male patient with osteosarcoma of the tibia, presenting after more then one year of completion of adjuvant therapy with progressive dyspnea and cyanosis. Diagnosis was made on computerized tomogram and echocardiogram. The metastatic mass entirely occupying the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery proved fatal.