Cardiac Rupture Induced by Angiosarcoma.
- Author:
Jinho CHOI
1
;
Kay Hyun PARK
;
Eui Suk CHUNG
;
Se Jin OH
;
Jin Ho CHOI
;
Cheong LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sarcoma;
Heart rupture
- MeSH:
Heart Rupture;
Hemangiosarcoma;
Prognosis;
Rupture;
Sarcoma
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2008;41(6):751-754
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Angiosarcoma is the most common primary intracardiac malignancy, but many published papers have reported it to be rather rare. The prognosis of angiosarcoma is known to be very poor, and the treatment of choice has been surgery until recently, but many centers currently tend to try multimodal therapies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In this report, we present a rare case in which an intracardiac angiosarcoma could have threatened the patient's life in short time by the rapid progression of the tumor, which caused right atrial rupture.
