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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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Autores principales: Sams, V. G., Tsapenko, A., Kravitz, J. N., Gaines, T. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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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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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.
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Kravitz, J. N.
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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
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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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