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Histopathology confirmed metastatic pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma (Figure 1E,F). The patient underwent palliative chemotherapy. Unfortunately, at 4 months postoperatively, he developed febrile neutropenia and progressive respiratory decline. TTE showed tumor recurrence. Given the lack of further treatment options, care was withdrawn. ## 3 | CONCLUSIONS Cardiac metastases usually present at later stages when cancer is disseminated. Solitary cardiac metastases have been successfully resected in small case series. 1 Palliative debulking cardiac operations for metastatic cancer are rare, with one series including a single case. 2 This palliative debulking operation resulted in 4 months with minimal symptoms. With advances in targeted therapies for metastatic cancer, aggressive metastectomy may become more common in cardiac surgery.

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Author

Cote, Claudia L; Castonguay, Mathieu; Baskett, Roger

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)