A Patient Presenting with Cardiac Tamponade and the Challenges of Finding Its Cause: A Cardiac Angiosarcoma

Autor: Roshanak Habibi, Negar Faramarzi, Alvaro J. Altamirano, Shahriar Dadkhah
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Cardiology, Vol 2018 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-6404
2090-6412
DOI: 10.1155/2018/2084390
Popis: Primary malignancies of the heart are so rare that most of the available data come from case reports or large single-center-based studies, with the overall incidence of 0.02% in the United States. Diagnosis in case of an isolated pericardial effusion as presentation is challenging, and determining that an angiosarcoma is even more challenging. Here, we presented a rare case of pericardial angiosarcoma which presented to us with tamponade. The patient eventually was diagnosed through pericardiectomy. A multimodality approach was attempted to treat the cancer. The clinical details of such a unique disease entity inspired us to present it as a case report.
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