RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma: case report with review of clinical and pathologic features
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 83
OP 88
VO 51
IS 1
A1 Richard C. Becker
A1 Robert E. Hobbs
A1 Norman B. Ratliff
YR 1984
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/51/1/83.abstract
AB A patient with a cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma illustrates the clinical and pathologic features of this extremely rare malignancy. Presenting manifestations are variable and nonspecific. The two-dimensional echocardiogram is the best noninvasive means of diagnosi n g cardiac tumors. The nuclear magnetic resonance scan accurately demonstrated the presence and location of the intracardiac mass lesion. Pathologically, rhabdomyosarcomas require light and electron microscopic examination to establish the tumor type. Surgical resection, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy do not appear to alter the natural history, and death usually occurs within one year of diagnosis.