Case Reports in Surgery (Jan 2015)

Hyperplastic Cardiac Sarcoma Recurrence

  • Masood A. Shariff,
  • Juan A. Abreu,
  • Farida Durrani,
  • Eddie Daniele,
  • Kimberly C. Bowman,
  • Scott Sadel,
  • Kourosh T. Asgarian,
  • Joseph T. McGinn,
  • John P. Nabagiez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/132328
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2015

Abstract

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Primary cardiac sarcomas are rare tumors with a median survival of 6–12 months. Data suggest that an aggressive multidisciplinary approach may improve patient outcome. We present the case of a male who underwent resection of cardiac sarcoma three times from the age of 32 to 34. This report discusses the malignant nature of cardiac sarcoma and the importance of postoperative multidisciplinary care.