A 40-year-old man presented to the Hospital Sultanah
Bahiyah, Alor Setar, Kedah, with constitutional and
respiratory symptoms. Physical examination and
echocardiogram demonstrated massive pericardial effusion.
Patient required multiple attempts of pericardiocentesis due
to recurrent pericardial effusion. Initial workup including
pericardial fluids examination and computed tomography
imaging did not reveal any apparent cause. Magnetic
resonance imaging showed a suspicious mass infiltrating
into the right atrium. Autoimmune screening was negative.
Patient was subsequently treated as having tuberculous
pericarditis. However, his disease progressed rapidly and he
eventually passed away due to right atrial rupture. Postmortem revealed a ruptured right atrial tumour leading to
massive haemothorax. Histopathological examination
confirmed the diagnosis of primary pericardial
angiosarcoma.