Heart Osteosarcoma Presenting as Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report of a Patient With a Cardiac Pacemaker and Triple Malignancies

Primary and metastatic cardiac sarcomas represent rare neoplasms with a variable clinical course. We present a rare case of an 84-year-old man with a cardiac pacemaker and heart osteosarcoma, hepatocellular and prostatic carcinoma, who was admitted with suspected symptoms of infective endocarditis....

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Published in:Journal of medical cases 2019-08, Vol.10 (8), p.234-240
Main Authors: Laks, Toivo, Kirik, Katlin, Joeste, Enn, Lax, Sigurd F, Liiver, Anita, Samarin, Andrei, Kalinina, Ljudmilla, Puusepp, Mai, Sarev, Toomas
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Language:English
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Summary:Primary and metastatic cardiac sarcomas represent rare neoplasms with a variable clinical course. We present a rare case of an 84-year-old man with a cardiac pacemaker and heart osteosarcoma, hepatocellular and prostatic carcinoma, who was admitted with suspected symptoms of infective endocarditis. Findings of cardiac osteosarcoma in a patient with a pacemaker and three malignancies have not been reported before in the literature.
ISSN:1923-4155
1923-4163
DOI:10.14740/jmc3333