Primary cardiac atrial sarcomas. Report of two histologically different cases and review of the literature

Pol J Pathol. 2021;72(4):358-369. doi: 10.5114/pjp.2021.114185.

Abstract

Primary cardiac sarcomas are extremely uncommon. We report two patients with primary cardiac atrial sarcomas: a case report of a 34-year old woman with intimal sarcoma of the left atrium and a case report of a 30-year old man with synovial sarcoma of the right atrium. Clinicopathological and differential diagnosis with a discussion regarding the role of molecular studies is presented.

Keywords: intimal sarcoma; pathology.; synovial sarcoma; heart.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sarcoma*
  • Sarcoma, Synovial* / genetics