Pericardial sarcoma: Difficulties in diagnostic search


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/therapy.2024.4.129-134

Tatarintseva Z.G., Palshkova A.D., Barbukhatti K.O., Babicheva O.V.

1) Professor S.V. Ochapovsky Research Institute – Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1 of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Krasnodar region, Krasnodar; 2) Kuban State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, Krasnodar
Abstract. Primary malignant cardiac tumors are rare, their prevalence is approximately 0.01% among all cancer histotypes. At least 60% of them are primary cardiac soft tissue sarcomas. The prognosis for patients with sarcoma is severe and mainly depends on the primary location of tumor, problematic achieving its complete surgical and pharmacological eradication, as well as the aggressiveness of the oncological process. The article provides a review of the literature on the most pressing issues concerning primary soft tissue cardiac sarcoma, and highlights potential future diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives. A clinical case of pericardial sarcoma in a 62-year-old female patient is presented. The duration and complexity of diagnostic search are described, and the importance of alertness of cardiologists and doctors of related specialties for cardiac formations, in particular pericardial formations, is emphasized.
Keywords: pericardium, cardiac tumors, sarcoma, oncological diseases
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About the Autors

Zoya G. Tatarintseva, MD, PhD (Medicine), head of the Department of cardiology of Professor S.V. Ochapovsky Research Institute – Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1 of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Krasnodar region, assistant at the Department of cardiac surgery and cardiology of the Faculty of advanced training and professional retraining of specialists, Kuban State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 350086, Krasnodar, 167 Pervogo Maya St.
E-mail: z.tatarintseva@list.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3868-8061
Arina D. Palshkova, resident of the Department of cardiac surgery and cardiology of the Faculty of advanced training and professional retraining of specialists, Kuban State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 350063, Krasnodar, 4 Mitrofana Sedina St.
E-mail: arinapalshkova11@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7949-649X
Kirill O. Barbuhatti, MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), professor, head of the Department of cardiac surgery No. 2, Professor S.V. Ochapovsky Research Institute – Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1 of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Krasnodar region, head of the Department of cardiac surgery and cardiology of the Faculty of advanced training and professional retraining of specialists, Kuban State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 350086, Krasnodar, 167 Pervogo Maya St.
E-mail: barbuhatty_k@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6403-3299
Olga V. Babicheva, MD, PhD (Medicine), cardiologist at Professor S.V. Ochapovsky Research Institute – Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1 of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Krasnodar region, associate professor of the Department of cardiac surgery and cardiology of the Faculty of advanced training and professional retraining of specialists, Kuban State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 350086, Krasnodar, 167 Pervogo Maya St.
E-mail: babolga@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3010-492X


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