Table 1 Described cases of primary SS of the heart and pericardium

From: Primary synovial sarcoma of the heart: a cytogenetic and molecular genetic analysis combining RT-PCR and COBRA-FISH of a case with a complex karyotype

No.

Author

Sex

Age (years)

Site

Treatment

Follow-up

 1

McAllistar28

M

30

RV/pericardium

Autopsy finding

 

 2

Sheffield29

M

53

RA/LA

Surgery

Died 6 months p.o.

 3

Siebenmann30

F

31

RA/LA

Heart transplant

Died 3 months p.o.

 4

Burke31

F

46

LA

n.a.

n.a.

 5

Karn23

M

35

RA/pericardium

Surgery+CT

Died 9 months p.o.

 6

Iyengar22

M

38

RV

Surgery

Died about 12 months p.o.

 7

Nicholson12

M

13

RA

Surgery+CT

Alive 10 months p.o.

 8

Donsbeck9

M

34

RA

n.a.

Died, period n.a.

 9

Oizumi25

F

19

pericardium

Surgery

Died about 7 months p.o.

10

Casselman10

F

24

LA

Surgery

Alive 4 months p.o.

11

Al-Rajhi26

M

19

pericardium

RT

Alive 12 months after RT

12

Bittira11

M

47

RA (tricuspid valve)

Surgery+CT

n.a.

13

McGilbray24

M

30

LV (mitral valve)

Surgery+CT

n.a.

14

Current case

M

42

LA/LV

Surgery

Died 1 month p.o.

  1. M=male; F=female; RA/RV=right atrium/right ventricle; LA/LV=left atrium/left ventricle; RT=radiotherapy; CT=chemotherapy; p.o.=postoperatively; n.a.=not available.