Round Cell Liposarcoma Metastatic to the Heart

Abstract

Myxoid liposarcoma is a soft tissue tumor in adults with rare cardiac involvement. We report a 50‐year‐old female with high grade round cell liposarcoma of the left knee with metastases to the right heart chambers. The tumor was located in the right atrium with extension to right ventricle. The Patient underwent radiotherapy after surgical resection and 12‐month follow‐up revealed no recurrent cardiac disease. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12148 (J Card Surg 2013;28:672–674)

Cerebral Liposarcoma Embolus From Heart Metastasis Successfully Treated by Endovascular Extraction Followed by Cardiac Surgery

“…Fewer than 40 cases of metastatic cardiac liposarcoma have been reported in the literature, and prognosis is mostly poor. [2][3][4][5] Acute stroke due to tumor emboli is an extremely rare presentation of intracardiac liposarcoma. We were able to find only 1 case in the literature that described a case of stroke due to tumor emboli associated with metastatic cardiac liposarcoma.…”

“…1 Liposarcoma metastasis to the heart is rare, and the prognosis of such patients is usually poor. [2][3][4][5] The presentation of an intracardiac metastatic mass with an acute stroke is an extremely rare condition. 5 To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second such case in the literature, describing a cerebral tumor emboli from the heart metastasis of liposarcoma and the first to describe its successful treatment.…”

Isolated Subcutaneous Metastasis of Myxoid Liposarcoma: A Case Report

“…Rare sites of metastatic disease spread include the skin, soft tissues, bone, liver, heart and brain [12,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

Metastatic myxoid liposarcoma of the interventricular septum

“…Although surgical resection is the treatment of choice, radiotherapy combined with surgery or alone may represent another treatment option. 3,4 Histological examination verified metastatic myxoid liposarcoma (Figure 2A,B).…”

“…Although surgical resection is the treatment of choice, radiotherapy combined with surgery or alone may represent another treatment option 3,4 …”