1. A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain in Childhood: Cardiac Angiosarcoma
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Mehmet Kerem Karaca, Pelin Özcan Kara, Derya Karpuz, Murat Özeren, Rabia Bozdogan Arpaci, Eda Bengi Yilmaz, Yüksel Balcı, Elvan Caglar Citak, and Feryal Karahan
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lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Abdominal pain ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Hemangiosarcoma ,lcsh:Surgery ,Case Report ,Delayed diagnosis ,Intracardiac injection ,Heart neoplasms ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,medicine ,Angiosarcoma ,Child ,Chemotherapy ,business.industry ,Heart ,lcsh:RD1-811 ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Abdominal mass ,Radiation therapy ,lcsh:RC666-701 ,cardiovascular system ,Surgery ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Cardiac angiosarcomas are extremely rare in childhood, they are rapidly progressive tumours that often present themselves as diagnostic dilemmas, resulting in delayed diagnosis. Also, extracardiac manifestations, including abdominal pain, are extremely rare in patients with intracardiac tumors. We herein present the case of a 15-year-old girl who presented with abdominal pain. Echocardiography and thoracic computed tomography showed right atrial mass. The patient underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Eight months after treatment, abdominal recurrence was detected. The abdominal mass was resected, and radiotherapy and new chemotherapy protocol were given. The present case illustrates a rare case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma posing a diagnostic dilemma in an adolescent girl.
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- 2018