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KMID : 0360319940260020345
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Journal of Korean Cancer Research Association
1994 Volume.26 No. 2 p.345 ~ p.350
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A Case of Cardiac Metastasis of Chondrosarcoma
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유승박
정보윤/김기찬/김열흥/박정식/이효진
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Abstract
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Metastatic cardiac cancers are more prevalent than generally realized. So prompt recognition is mandatory is any cardiovascular manifestations develop in a patients with a malignant lesion elswhere in the body. Sixty-five year old male patient
who
had
past history of resected chondrosarcoma on the 10th rib of left side presented as a local recurrence and dyspnea. Chest C-T findings demonstrated thrombose on right atrium and superior vena cava. Two-dimensional echocardiographic study showed
mild
pericardial effusion with a small mass attached to the visceral pericardium and a hugh mass occupying nearly entire right atrial chamber with extension to superior vena cava. These findings are suggestive of cardiac metastasis of chondrosarcoma.
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