Cardiac Angiosarcoma

Joint Authors

Lachtermacher, Stephan
Cardoso, Monique Esteves
Ramos, Rosana Grandelle
Canale, Leonardo Secchin
Salvador Junior, Edson da Silva

Source

Case Reports in Cardiology

Issue

Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-3, 3 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2011-12-15

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

3

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

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.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Cardoso, Monique Esteves& Canale, Leonardo Secchin& Ramos, Rosana Grandelle& Salvador Junior, Edson da Silva& Lachtermacher, Stephan. 2011. Cardiac Angiosarcoma. Case Reports in Cardiology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-464156

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Cardoso, Monique Esteves…[et al.]. Cardiac Angiosarcoma. Case Reports in Cardiology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-464156

American Medical Association (AMA)

Cardoso, Monique Esteves& Canale, Leonardo Secchin& Ramos, Rosana Grandelle& Salvador Junior, Edson da Silva& Lachtermacher, Stephan. Cardiac Angiosarcoma. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-464156

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-464156