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Cardiac angiosarcoma with metastatic to lung, brain, and bone

Cardiac angiosarcoma is a malignant tumor derived from vascular endothelium with a dismal prognosis. The imaging findings of cardiac angiosarcoma are nonspecific and endomyocardial and pericardial biopsies have insufficient accuracy. For these reasons, the diagnosis is sometimes difficult. Primary a...

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Autores principales: Yamashita, Hiroshi, Higashida, Tomohiko, Huchioka, Aya, Asakawa, Yasuma, Nambu, Atsushi, Ohyatsu, Sho, Kohyama, Tadashi, Takahashi, Mikiko, Hayashi, Takaki, Tago, Masao
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10692493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38046925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.10.056
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author Yamashita, Hiroshi
Higashida, Tomohiko
Huchioka, Aya
Asakawa, Yasuma
Nambu, Atsushi
Ohyatsu, Sho
Kohyama, Tadashi
Takahashi, Mikiko
Hayashi, Takaki
Tago, Masao
author_facet Yamashita, Hiroshi
Higashida, Tomohiko
Huchioka, Aya
Asakawa, Yasuma
Nambu, Atsushi
Ohyatsu, Sho
Kohyama, Tadashi
Takahashi, Mikiko
Hayashi, Takaki
Tago, Masao
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description Cardiac angiosarcoma is a malignant tumor derived from vascular endothelium with a dismal prognosis. The imaging findings of cardiac angiosarcoma are nonspecific and endomyocardial and pericardial biopsies have insufficient accuracy. For these reasons, the diagnosis is sometimes difficult. Primary and metastatic tumors tend to bleed easily, causing hemoptysis and neurological symptoms. Brain metastases are not often known to be fatal when they cause hemorrhage. We report a 27-year-old man diagnosed with right atrium angiosarcoma, with metastases in the lung, brain, and bone. The patient had only respiratory symptoms at the first visit and did not show any symptoms derived from brain metastases yet died after 27 days due to hemorrhage from brain metastases. If brain metastasis from angiosarcoma is suspected based on imaging findings, urgent radiotherapy should be considered before histological examination for a definitive diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-106924932023-12-03 Cardiac angiosarcoma with metastatic to lung, brain, and bone Yamashita, Hiroshi Higashida, Tomohiko Huchioka, Aya Asakawa, Yasuma Nambu, Atsushi Ohyatsu, Sho Kohyama, Tadashi Takahashi, Mikiko Hayashi, Takaki Tago, Masao Radiol Case Rep Case Report Cardiac angiosarcoma is a malignant tumor derived from vascular endothelium with a dismal prognosis. The imaging findings of cardiac angiosarcoma are nonspecific and endomyocardial and pericardial biopsies have insufficient accuracy. For these reasons, the diagnosis is sometimes difficult. Primary and metastatic tumors tend to bleed easily, causing hemoptysis and neurological symptoms. Brain metastases are not often known to be fatal when they cause hemorrhage. We report a 27-year-old man diagnosed with right atrium angiosarcoma, with metastases in the lung, brain, and bone. The patient had only respiratory symptoms at the first visit and did not show any symptoms derived from brain metastases yet died after 27 days due to hemorrhage from brain metastases. If brain metastasis from angiosarcoma is suspected based on imaging findings, urgent radiotherapy should be considered before histological examination for a definitive diagnosis. Elsevier 2023-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10692493/ /pubmed/38046925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.10.056 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Yamashita, Hiroshi
Higashida, Tomohiko
Huchioka, Aya
Asakawa, Yasuma
Nambu, Atsushi
Ohyatsu, Sho
Kohyama, Tadashi
Takahashi, Mikiko
Hayashi, Takaki
Tago, Masao
Cardiac angiosarcoma with metastatic to lung, brain, and bone
title Cardiac angiosarcoma with metastatic to lung, brain, and bone
title_full Cardiac angiosarcoma with metastatic to lung, brain, and bone
title_fullStr Cardiac angiosarcoma with metastatic to lung, brain, and bone
title_full_unstemmed Cardiac angiosarcoma with metastatic to lung, brain, and bone
title_short Cardiac angiosarcoma with metastatic to lung, brain, and bone
title_sort cardiac angiosarcoma with metastatic to lung, brain, and bone
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10692493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38046925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.10.056
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