[Acute pericarditis as the initial presentation of a primary cardiac angiosarcoma. The anatomicoclinical correlations]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1993 Oct;46(10):680-2.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report the clinic and postmortem pathologic examination of a 38-years-old man with a primary angiosarcoma of right atrium and many widespread metastatic. Both his presentation, a clinical course of acute pericarditis self-limited, as the negatives complementary examination, give at case unusual characteristics, for his high malignancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Emergencies
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / complications
  • Hemangiosarcoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Pericarditis / etiology
  • Pericarditis / pathology*