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Rare haematogenous sarcoma metastasis to the heart in a child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2019

Gil J. Gross Open the ORCID record for Gil J. Gross [Opens in a new window] ,
Sergey Postovsky  and
Asaad Khoury
Gil J. Gross*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Institute, Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel Cardiology Division, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sergey Postovsky
Affiliation:
Hematology-Oncology Department, Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
Asaad Khoury
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Institute, Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
*
Author for correspondence: Gil J. Gross, MD, Cardiology Division, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada. Tel: +1-416-813-7326; Fax: +1-416-813-7547; E-mail: gil.gross@sickkids.ca
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Abstract

Haematogenous non-contiguous metastatic spread of remote solid tumours to the heart is rare. We describe a previously healthy 5-year-old girl who presented with extensive intracardiac involvement by metastatic pelvic sarcoma.

Keywords

Pediatricsechocardiographymalignancy
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 10 , October 2019 , pp. 1305 - 1306
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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