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DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1729928
Mediastinal Rhabdomyosarcoma Feeding Off the Left Anterior Descending Artery
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Abstract
We report the rare case of a 51-year-old patient with a 15 cm mediastinal rhabdomyosarcoma with blood supply from the left anterior descending artery presenting as a large mass including the pericardium with extensive contact to the epicardium compressing heart and left lung. The tumor was successfully removed through median sternotomy, blunt dissection from the heart and the left lung, resection of the infiltrated pericardium, and ligation of the tumor-feeding vessels using off-pump stabilizers. Histopathological examination revealed a spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma with R0 resection. The postoperative course was uneventful, and patient is feeling well at 3-month follow-up.
Publikationsverlauf
Eingereicht: 23. Dezember 2020
Angenommen: 08. März 2021
Artikel online veröffentlicht:
25. Februar 2022
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