Treatment of recurrent isolated right atrial metastatic cavitary mass from breast cancer with radiation therapy: A case report and review of literature

Abstract

The heart is a destination for metastases of various types of primary tumors, with lung, breast, melanoma, and mesothelioma being the most common types. Recurrent isolated cardiac metastasis presenting as a cavitary mass is rare. We present a case of recurrent isolated cavitary metastatic mass to the right atrium in a patient with the history of breast cancer who presented with new-onset atrial fibrillation. The patient successfully received radiation therapy with the resolution of the mass confirmed on repeat echocardiography.

Case Report: Mitral valve obstruction by metastatic malignant phyllodes tumor

“…7 The surgical excision of cardiac metastasis from a malignant PTs was described in few reports. 13 This type of intervention could be an urgent life-saving therapeutic strategy in case of right ventricle outflow obstruction or mitral obstruction, and it can also improve the patient's quality of life in the short term, as it was in our case. 14,15 However, intra-operative mass manipulation could cause tumor dissemination, thus leading to a risk of further metastasis development.…”