Cardiac angiosarcoma with haemopericardium

Abstract EN

Cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare condition.

However, it remains the most common malignant tumor of the heart.

The right atrium is the most common primary site and the pericardium is the second common site.

In adults, about 25% of primary tumors of the heart are malignant; angiosarcoma accounts for 35% to 40% of them with male preponderance, as reported from autopsy series.

The diagnosis of cardiac angiosarcoma may be easily missed because of its non-specific presentation.

In this report, we have presented a young gentleman who presented with significnat haemopericardium and who was diagnosed to have angiosarcoma of the pericardium.