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Metastatic Osteosarcoma to the Interventricular Septum: An Unusual Presentation in a Child

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Whereas primary cardiac tumors are reported in only 0.17 % of pediatric patients, malignant cardiac tumors are even less common in children. This report presents a 10-year-old child with relapsed osteosarcoma manifesting as metastatic lesions to the interventricular septum.

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  1. Rush University Medical Center, 1650 W. Congress Parkway, Suite 761 Jones, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Anas S. Taqatqa & Sawsan M. Awad

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Street, Suite 710, Chicago, IL, 60612-3824, USA

    Paul M. Kent

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Echocardiogram at diagnosis. A tumor (T) is seen within the interventricular septum in a parasternal short-axis sweep. (MPG 650 kb)

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Taqatqa, A.S., Kent, P.M. & Awad, S.M. Metastatic Osteosarcoma to the Interventricular Septum: An Unusual Presentation in a Child. Pediatr Cardiol 35, 1304–1305 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-014-0952-0

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