Unexplained Hemopericardium as a Presenting Feature of Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma: A Case Report and a Review of the Diagnostic Dilemma |
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Affiliation: | 2. Wesley Medical Center, 550 North Hillside, Wichita, Kansas;3. Cancer Center of Kansas, Heritage Plaza Medical building, Wichita, Kansas |
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Abstract: | This report describes a patient diagnosed with a cardiac angiosarcoma. The patient presented with cardiac tamponade. A pericardiocentesis revealed a bloody effusion, but cytology was nondiagnostic and a chest computed tomography showed only mediastinal lymphadenopathy. His pericardial effusion recurred 3 weeks later, at which time he was found to have a large right atrial mass which proved to be a cardiac angiosarcoma. This case report underscores the difficulties encountered in the diagnosis of cardiac angiosarcoma. |
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Keywords: | Cardiac angiosarcoma Cardia tumor Hemopericardium Pericardial effusion Tamponade |
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