Right ventricular obstruction secondary to intracardiac metastatic osteosarcoma

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Abstract
A 30-year-old female with a history of surgically treated osteosarcoma 2 years prior to admission presented with progressive dyspnea and cyanosis. Physical examination was otherwise negative. Cardiac catheterization demonstrated a right ventricular mass lesion. At surgery, a metastatic osteosarcoma filling the entire right ventricle and extending from the pulmonary valve across the tricuspid valve and into the right atrial cavity was partially excised. Despite marked improvement postoperatively, she died 33 d after surgery. Postmortem findings were unusual in that the heart represented the sole site of metastasis. The diagnostic approach to cardiac symptoms from malignancy is discussed in relation to this patient.