Cardiac Angiosarcoma
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 rig...
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| author | Monique Esteves Cardoso Leonardo Secchin Canale Rosana Grandelle Ramos Edson da Silva Salvador Junior Stephan Lachtermacher |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2c019464a42047d5bc368d30db54862f2025-02-03T06:42:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122011-01-01201110.1155/2011/340681340681Cardiac AngiosarcomaMonique Esteves Cardoso0Leonardo Secchin Canale1Rosana Grandelle Ramos2Edson da Silva Salvador Junior3Stephan Lachtermacher4Unidad de Vigilancia Intensiva de Cardiología Clínica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología de Laranjeiras, 22.240-006 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilDepartamento de Cirugía Cardiovascular, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología de Laranjeiras, 22.240-006 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilDepartamento de Patología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología de Laranjeiras, 22.240-006 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilDepartamento de Oncología Torácica, Instituto Nacional do Câncer, 20.230-130 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilUnidad de Vigilancia Intensiva de Cardiología Clínica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología de Laranjeiras, 22.240-006 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilDespite 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/340681 |
| spellingShingle | Monique Esteves Cardoso Leonardo Secchin Canale Rosana Grandelle Ramos Edson da Silva Salvador Junior Stephan Lachtermacher Cardiac Angiosarcoma Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Cardiac Angiosarcoma |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Cardiac Angiosarcoma |
| title_short | Cardiac Angiosarcoma |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/340681 |
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