Cardiac Angiosarcoma — a Diagnostic Dilemma
| Autor: | Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, Rudolf Mair, Klima U, P. Brücke, Wolfgang Harringer, Christoph Gross |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Chemotherapy medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Diagnostic dilemma medicine.disease Surgery Respiratory failure Pericardiocentesis Cardiac tamponade medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Angiosarcoma Cardiopulmonary resuscitation medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Cardiovascular Surgery. 1:674-676 |
| ISSN: | 0967-2109 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/096721099300100614 |
| Popis: | A 25-year-old man suffering from sudden onset of haemoptysis after 1 week of orthopnoea, fatigue and general weakness was admitted to a cardiology department in Vienna. No diagnosis was made. Four weeks later cardiopulmonary resuscitation and pericardiocentesis were necessary because of cardiac tamponade. Although all modern imaging procedures were performed, a diagnosis of rapidly progressive primary cardiac angiosarcoma could not be established. Definitive diagnosis was established only after exploratory median sternotomy. The patient exhibited no response to chemotherapy. He died 5 days after surgery as a result of respiratory failure. |
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