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Case Reports
. 2011 Aug;38(8):1353-5.

[A case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma associated with cardiac tamponade]

[Article in Japanese]
Naoki Nakaya  1 , Itaru Sato, Takeo Shimasaki, Hideo Nakajima, Nozomu Kurose, Takayuki Nojima, Yoshiharu Motoo
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  • PMID: 21829080
Case Reports

[A case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma associated with cardiac tamponade]

[Article in Japanese]
Naoki Nakaya et al. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2011 Aug.

Abstract

A 72-year-old man came to our hospital due to edema, malaise, and poor appetite in May 200X. He was diagnosed as cardiac tamponade, and open surgery revealed tumors in the right atrium and the left ventricule. Tumor tissue was revealed to be angiosarcoma by the pathological findings. Metastases to the brain, lungs, liver, and adrenal glands were found. The patient was treated with interleukin-2(IL-2)for 7 weeks. However, there was no anti-tumor effect, and the patient died in September, 200X. We reported a very rare case of cardiac angiosarcoma associated with cardiac tamponade, who was treated with IL-2 monotherapy.

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