Volume 24, Issue 106, November - December, 2020

Right atrial sarcoma masquerading as myxoma presenting with fatal cardiac tamponade: A rare case report

Yash Gupte^1♦, Parth Godhiwala¹, Amrutha Garikapati¹, Sunil Kumar², Sourya Acharya², Samarth Shukla³, Chetan Rathi⁴

¹Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Science (Deemed to be University) Sawangi, Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Science (Deemed to be University) Sawangi, Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³Professor, Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Science (Deemed to be University) Sawangi, Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁴Professor, Department of Cardiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Science (Deemed to be University) Sawangi, Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Yash Gupte, Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Science (Deemed to be University) Sawangi, Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India; Email: yashgupte1992@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Primary sarcoma of the heart is an exceptionally rare condition with grave prognosis. All cardiac tumours can cause life threatening complications. Diagnosis is much more challenging as cases present with non-specific symptoms. In our case, a series of investigations were made which ultimately led to our diagnosis of a right atrial sarcoma. Here, we recount a fatal case of a locally invasive primary cardiac sarcoma originating from the right atrium and presenting with a cardiac tamponade.

Keywords: Primary Cardiac Sarcoma, Cardiac Tamponade, Myxoma

Medical Science, 2020, 24(106), 4374-4378

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