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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Postoperative radiotherapy for high-grade primary cardiac spindle cell sarcoma: a rare entity.

Tooba Ali, Nasir Ali, Laraib Khan, Khurram Minhas

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tooba AliDepartment of Oncology, Section Radiation Oncology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan tooba053@gmail.com.
Nasir AliDepartment of Oncology, Section Radiation Oncology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Laraib KhanDepartment of Oncology, Section Radiation Oncology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Khurram MinhasDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Aga Khan University · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A patient in her early 20s presented with blood-stained sputum and shortness of breath. Initially, she was treated for pneumonia. Later, upon exacerbation of symptoms, further investigations were done which exhibited a left atrial mass causing compression of contralateral atrium. She underwent surgical resection of the mass, which was initially mistaken as myxoma. However, histopathological correlation revealed spindle cell sarcoma with focal myogenic differentiation. This case report highlights the role of Radiation Therapy in adjuvant setting with promising impact on improving local control after R2 resection. Cardiac spindle cell sarcoma, being one of the rarest cardiac tumours reported to date, warrants establishment of a Rare Tumour Multidisciplinary Team for management of such malignancies.

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Heart NeoplasmsMyxomaSarcomaFemaleHeart AtriaHumansCancer interventionCardiothoracic surgeryChemotherapyOncologyRadiotherapy

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PMID37399348
PMCPMC10314421
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