Angiosarcoma of the heart

The clinical and pathoanatomic features in a 35 year old woman with angiosarcoma of the heart are described, and the findings in previously reported patients with cardiac angiosarcoma are summarized. Obstruction to filling of the right-sided cardiac chambers by hemopericardium with tamponade, constr...

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Published inThe American Journal of Cardiology Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 413 - 419
Main Authors Luke Glancy, D., Morales, Jorge B., Roberts, William C.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.1968
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Adult
Aged
Cardiac Tamponade - etiology
Cardiomegaly - pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea - etiology
Female
Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis
Heart Neoplasms - pathology
Hemangiosarcoma - diagnosis
Hemangiosarcoma - pathology
Hemoptysis - etiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Metastasis
Pleural Effusion - pathology
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Summary:The clinical and pathoanatomic features in a 35 year old woman with angiosarcoma of the heart are described, and the findings in previously reported patients with cardiac angiosarcoma are summarized. Obstruction to filling of the right-sided cardiac chambers by hemopericardium with tamponade, constriction of the ventricles by a thick layer of epicardial tumor, vena caval or tricuspid valvular obstruction, or a combination of these mechanisms was almost uniformly present in the previously reported patients. The present patient's right atrium and epicardium were massively invaded by tumor, but she died of metastases to the brain, an unusual finding in patients with angiosarcoma, before significant cardiac dysfunction developed.
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ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/0002-9149(68)90144-6