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Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma
Author(s) -
Yaymaci Bengi,
Kirali Kaan,
Akdemir Ramazan,
Kotiloǧlu Esin,
Başaran Yelda
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00609.x
Subject(s) - medicine , angiosarcoma , histopathology , cardiac tumors , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , chest pain , presentation (obstetrics) , hemangiosarcoma , pathology
Primary malignant cardiac tumors are extremely rare neoplasms. About three‐quarters of all cardiac tumors are histologically benign. A 24‐year‐old man presented to the hospital with dyspnea and chest pain. A solid, dense, nonhomogeneous and rough‐surfaced mass ( 89 × 90 × 36 mm ) with protrusion into the right heart cavities was observed on transthoracic echocardiography. The findings were confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. The histopathology of the mass confirmed a diagnosis of angiosarcoma. No evidence of an extracardiac origin of the tumor was found by radiological body imaging. The patient died 2 months after presentation to the hospital.