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Angiosarcoma of the Right Atrium Presenting as Syncope and Hemorrhagic Pericardial Tamponade
Angiosarcoma of the heart is a rare malignancy that can present in many ways. It is an important diagnosis to consider in patients presenting with otherwise unexplained tamponade-type symptoms. Here we present a case of a young male who presented with hemorrhagic tamponade and underwent resection of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3501809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/829213 |
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author | Sams, V. G. Tsapenko, A. Kravitz, J. N. Gaines, T. E. |
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description | Angiosarcoma of the heart is a rare malignancy that can present in many ways. It is an important diagnosis to consider in patients presenting with otherwise unexplained tamponade-type symptoms. Here we present a case of a young male who presented with hemorrhagic tamponade and underwent resection of a large angiosarcoma of the right atrium. In this case, we describe the rare presentation of angiosarcoma with its diagnostic approaches, hospital course, clinical management, and discussion. |
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spelling | pubmed-35018092012-11-28 Angiosarcoma of the Right Atrium Presenting as Syncope and Hemorrhagic Pericardial Tamponade Sams, V. G. Tsapenko, A. Kravitz, J. N. Gaines, T. E. Case Rep Surg Case Report Angiosarcoma of the heart is a rare malignancy that can present in many ways. It is an important diagnosis to consider in patients presenting with otherwise unexplained tamponade-type symptoms. Here we present a case of a young male who presented with hemorrhagic tamponade and underwent resection of a large angiosarcoma of the right atrium. In this case, we describe the rare presentation of angiosarcoma with its diagnostic approaches, hospital course, clinical management, and discussion. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3501809/ /pubmed/23193495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/829213 Text en Copyright © 2012 V. G. Sams et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sams, V. G. Tsapenko, A. Kravitz, J. N. Gaines, T. E. Angiosarcoma of the Right Atrium Presenting as Syncope and Hemorrhagic Pericardial Tamponade |
title | Angiosarcoma of the Right Atrium Presenting as Syncope and Hemorrhagic Pericardial Tamponade |
title_full | Angiosarcoma of the Right Atrium Presenting as Syncope and Hemorrhagic Pericardial Tamponade |
title_fullStr | Angiosarcoma of the Right Atrium Presenting as Syncope and Hemorrhagic Pericardial Tamponade |
title_full_unstemmed | Angiosarcoma of the Right Atrium Presenting as Syncope and Hemorrhagic Pericardial Tamponade |
title_short | Angiosarcoma of the Right Atrium Presenting as Syncope and Hemorrhagic Pericardial Tamponade |
title_sort | angiosarcoma of the right atrium presenting as syncope and hemorrhagic pericardial tamponade |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3501809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193495 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/829213 |
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