Authors: Rangreze Imran Banday Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh Aejaz Aziz Bhat Salma Mohammad Latif Charoo
Publish Date: 2011/07/14
Volume: 10, Issue: 7, Pages: 428-429
Abstract
Primary pericardial sarcomas are extremely rare We report a case of 19 year old male who presented with cough dyspnoea and orthopnea Investigations and exploratory thoracotomy revealed a large pericardial mass Surgical debulking of the tumor was performed and the histopathological examination was compatible with synovial sarcoma The tumor was unresectable due to its invasion and adhesion to mediastinal structures Hence patient was started on palliative chemotherapy adriamycin and ifosfamide based Patient showed an initial symptomatic response but later on there was a clinical progression and died within six months of his diagnosis
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