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. 2019 Jun 1;3(2):ytz027.
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytz027.

Cardiac tamponade as first manifestation of atrial angiosarcoma

Sergio Tapia Concha  1 , Miguel F Carrascosa  2 , Ivana Pulitani  3 , César Saiz-Pérez  4
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Cardiac tamponade as first manifestation of atrial angiosarcoma

Sergio Tapia Concha et al. Eur Heart J Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Cardiac angiosarcoma: a devastating condition. Computed tomography chest showing a massive pericardial effusion and an irregular mass (asterisk) seemingly located on the right atrium wall; contrast media extravasation out of the atrial cavity can also be appreciated. PE, pericardial effusion; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cardiac angiosarcoma: a devastating condition. (A) Intraoperative appearance of the atrial mass (asterisk) (RV, right ventricle). (B) In gross examination, a 4 × 4 × 2-cm sample of the resected mass is seen to be infiltrated by a dark-brown tumour, which is marked by haemorrhage and necrosis. (C) Haematoxilin–eosin staining revealing an haemorrhagic tumour composed by solid sheets of epithelioid endothelial cells and irregular sinusoidal vascular channels lined by atypical endothelial cells (original ×40). (D) Immunohistochemical staining being strongly positive for CD34, which confirmed the vascular nature of the tumour (original ×4).
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