Wilbring Manuel, Kappert Utz, Daubner Dirk, Matschke Klaus, Tugtekin Sems Malte
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Center Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Heart Surg Forum. 2012 Apr;15(2):E108-10. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20111147.
We report the case of a 43-year-old man who presented with a primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma and multiple metastases. Despite the severely poor prognosis, cardiac surgery was performed as part of a multidisciplinary palliative approach, which paved the way for further chemotherapy and radiation therapy.