Primary cardiac angiosarcoma

Echocardiography. 2001 Oct;18(7):609-11. doi: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00609.x.

Abstract

Primary malignant cardiac tumors are extremely rare neoplasms. About three-quarters of all cardiac tumors are histologically benign. A 24-year-old man presented to the hospital with dyspnea and chest pain. A solid, dense, nonhomogeneous and rough-surfaced mass (89 x 90 x 36 mm) with protrusion into the right heart cavities was observed on transthoracic echocardiography. The findings were confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. The histopathology of the mass confirmed a diagnosis of angiosarcoma. No evidence of an extracardiac origin of the tumor was found by radiological body imaging. The patient died 2 months after presentation to the hospital.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Sensitivity and Specificity