Long-Term Survival with Heart Transplantation for Fibrosarcoma of the Heart

• Author(s): Coelho, PP ; Banazol, N ; Soares, RM ; Fragata, J
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/108
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
• Subject(s): Adulto; Mulher; Neoplasias Cardíacas; Cirurgia do Fibrossarcoma; Transplantação do Coração; Sobrevivente
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Primary sarcoma of the heart is a rare disease that has an ominous prognosis with either medical or surgical therapy. We report a case of a 25-year-old woman with sarcoma of the heart who received a transplant and is clinically well after 7 years. We believe that transplantation must be considered in this kind of pathology for selected cases.