Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma Accompanying Cardiac Tamponade

Masakazu Hori, Teruhiko Imamura*, Shuhei Tanaka, Hiroshi Ueno, Shuji Joho, Kazuaki Fukahara, Shinya Kajiura, Koichiro Kinugawa

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研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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A de novo cardiac malignant tumor is rare and sometimes challenging to diagnose. We encountered a 67-year-old man without any medical history complaining of dyspnea on effort. On admission, his hemodynamics were deteriorated due to cardiac tamponade, which was improved by percutaneous drainage of 1,200 mL pericardial effusion, showing 11.0 g/dL of hemoglobin. We suspected primary cardiac malignancy following multidisciplinary tests, and a cardiac biopsy via sternotomy demonstrated the definitive diagnosis of primary malignant tumor (angiosarcoma) infiltrating the right atrial myocardium. We initiated weekly paclitaxel therapy. Further studies are warranted to establish the optimal diagnostic and therapeutic strategy for de novo cardiac malignancy.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)1015-1019
ページ数5
ジャーナルInternal Medicine
61
7
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2022

ASJC Scopus 主題領域

  • 内科学

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