Angiosarcoma Causing Cardiac Constriction Late after Radiation Therapy for Breast Carcinoma | Zendy

Ashwini Sharma | Zendy; Patrick A. DeValeria | Zendy; Robyn M. Scherber | Zendy; Gavin Sugrue | Zendy; Ann E. McCullough | Zendy; Prasad M. Panse | Zendy; Farouk Mookadam | Zendy

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Angiosarcoma Causing Cardiac Constriction Late after Radiation Therapy for Breast Carcinoma

Author(s) -

Ashwini Sharma,

Patrick A. DeValeria,

Robyn M. Scherber,

Gavin Sugrue,

Ann E. McCullough,

Prasad M. Panse,

Farouk Mookadam

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

texas heart institute journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1526-6702

pISSN - 0730-2347

DOI - 10.14503/thij-14-4549

Subject(s) - medicine , angiosarcoma , pericardium , radiation therapy , pericarditis , sarcoma , constrictive pericarditis , surgery , breast cancer , cancer , radiology , pathology

Therapeutic radiotherapy rarely causes sarcoma, and this occurs years after completion of the intended treatment. In treating breast carcinoma, careful planning in the application of modern radiotherapeutic techniques usually can shield the heart and pericardium. We report a rare case of angiosarcoma of the pericardium, which presented in a 41-year-old woman as constrictive pericarditis 8 years after irradiation for cancer of the left breast. To our knowledge, this is only the 2nd report of angiosarcoma of the pericardium after radiotherapy.

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