RECURRENT PLEURAL AND PERICARDIAL EFFUSIONS IN A PATIENT WITH A RIGHT ATRIAL ANGIOSARCOMA: A CASE REPORT

• Published in: Anticancer research Vol. 38; no. 3; p. 1831
• Main Authors: Carroll, Kristen, Kloefkorn, Chad, Zatakia, Jigna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Athens International Institute of Anticancer Research 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Anticoagulants; Atrium; Biomarkers; Biopsy; Case reports; Cellular biology; Colchicine; Collagen; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Cough; Cytology; Diagnosis; Diagnostic systems; Differential diagnosis; Edema; Effusion; Embolism; Epithelial cells; Evacuation routing; Exudation; Heart diseases; Heart rate; Laparoscopy; Lesions; Liver; Lung diseases; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignancy; Markers; Medical imaging; Medical prognosis; Metastases; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Pain; Pathology; Patients; Pericardium; Skin; Spleen; Steroids; Surgery; Survival; Tumors; Vascular diseases

Background: Angiosarcomas are rare endothelial vascular malignancies composed of anaplastic epithelial cells. These aggressive tumors have wide metastatic potential via both hematogenous and lymphatic spread. They tend to occur between the third and fifth decades of life, more frequently in men. Alt...