Primary Undifferentiated Pericardial Sarcoma after Radiоtherapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma

Autor: Petr V. Glybochko, Victor V. Fomin, Natalia V. Chichkova, Evgeniya A. Kogan, Andrei A. Svistunov, Roman N. Komarov, Abram L. Syrkin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Oncology, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 1075-1081 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1662-6575
DOI: 10.1159/000510068
Popis: Various types of sarcomas arise as a result of postradiation chronic fibrous pericarditis. A primary undifferentiated spindle cell pericardial sarcoma is a rare type of sarcoma after radiotherapy. The risk of sarcoma increases with time after treatment of cancer. A 55-year-old woman underwent successful radiation and chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma 20 years ago. She was hospitalized with typical manifestations of severe heart failure. Echocardiography, сomputed tomography of the chest and magnetic resonance imaging scan of the heart detected neoplastic formations of the pericardium. A biopsy of the pericardium was performed. Histological, immunohistochemical, and genetic studies showed a primary undifferentiated spindle cell pericardial sarcoma (an extremely rare type of sarcoma).
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