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Cardiac angiosarcoma.

Authors :
Cardoso ME
Canale LS
Ramos RG
Salvador Junior Eda S
Lachtermacher S
Source :
Case reports in cardiology [Case Rep Cardiol] 2011; Vol. 2011, pp. 340681. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Sep 29.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

Despite cardiac metastases are found in about 20% of cancer deaths, the presence of primary cardiac tumors is rare. Most primary tumors are benign, and malignant tumors comprise about 15%. We report a 21-year-old man with fever, dyspnea, and hemoptysis that was diagnosed with angiosarcoma of the right atrium and pulmonary metastasis. Patient was submitted to surgical tumor resection without adjuvant therapy and died four months after diagnosis.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2090-6404
Volume :
2011
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Case reports in cardiology
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
24826214
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/340681