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Case Reports
. 2006 Apr;12(2):145-8.

Cardiac angiosarcoma with right atrial perforation and cardiac tamponade

Masayuki Sakaguchi  1 , Naoki Minato, Yuji Katayama, Atsushi Nakashima
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  • PMID: 16702940
Case Reports

Cardiac angiosarcoma with right atrial perforation and cardiac tamponade

Masayuki Sakaguchi et al. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare tumor associated with a poor prognosis. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman with right atrial angiosarcoma presenting with cardiac tamponade due to right atrial perforation. She underwent urgent surgical resection of the tumor. However, the patient died 68 days after surgery due to local recurrence. An effective treatment for cardiac angiosarcoma has not yet been established. However, more aggressive treatment with a combination of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and IL-2 should be considered.

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