CASE REPORT: PRIMARY CARDIAC SARCOMA
Abstract
A 14-years-old female was admitted to the hospital with the chief complaint of having hemoptysis and progressive dyspnea. The imaging studies revealed pericardial, myocardial and mediastinal mass with bilateral lung nodules. The tumor could not be resected through a thoracotomy, only biopsies could be taken. The final diagnosis was cardiac sarcoma. The patient received chemotherapy and three days after that she died from severe hemoptysis and cardiac arrest.
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