Primary cardiac angiosarcoma: case report of a rare neoplasia

• Autor(a) principal: Abreu,Gabriela C.
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Gontijo,Maria Clara R., Chaves,Maria Clara L., Drumond,Júlia W., Marino,Bárbara C. A., Bernardes,Rodrigo C., Cobucci,Alexandre, Berenstein,Cynthia K.
• Tipo de documento: Relatório
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442017000500320
• topic: hemangiosarcoma; heart neoplasms; heart atria

ABSTRACT This article reports a case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma and a brief review is provided. A 44-year-old male patient was suspected of having myxoma in the right atrium. The tumor, on pathology examination, was shown to be a cardiac angiosarcoma. In the postoperative period, the patient developed a cardiac tamponade, requiring reoperation and evolving to death. Angiosarcomas are malignant tumors characterized by a devastating clinical course. They have a predilection for the right atrium, occurring between the third and fifth decades of life, with a male preponderance. Because of its rarity, the ideal treatment has not been identified yet.