%0 Generic %A Abreu, Gabriela C. %A Gontijo, Maria Clara R. %A Chaves, Maria Clara L. %A Drumond, Júlia W. %A Marino, Bárbara C. A. %A Bernardes, Rodrigo C. %A Cobucci, Alexandre %A Berenstein, Cynthia K. %D 2017 %T Primary cardiac angiosarcoma: case report of a rare neoplasia %U https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Primary_cardiac_angiosarcoma_case_report_of_a_rare_neoplasia/5720848 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720848.v1 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/35756031 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/35756034 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/35756037 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/35756040 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/35756043 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/35756046 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/35756049 %2 https://scielo.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/35756052 %K hemangiosarcoma %K heart neoplasms %K heart atria %X

ABSTRACT This article reports a case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma and a brief review is provided. A 44-year-old male patient was suspected of having myxoma in the right atrium. The tumor, on pathology examination, was shown to be a cardiac angiosarcoma. In the postoperative period, the patient developed a cardiac tamponade, requiring reoperation and evolving to death. Angiosarcomas are malignant tumors characterized by a devastating clinical course. They have a predilection for the right atrium, occurring between the third and fifth decades of life, with a male preponderance. Because of its rarity, the ideal treatment has not been identified yet.

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