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Elusive Cardiac Angiosarcoma in a Young Pregnant Female: Rare Presentation With Fatal Outcome
Heart tumors are rare occurrences. They can present diagnostic challenges and severe complications especially in pregnant women. We report a rare case of angiosarcoma (AS) cordis of the right atrium in a young healthy pregnant female. Her diagnosis remained elusive for some time until development of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5295525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28197244 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/cr402w |
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author | Waness, Abdelkarim Batoon, Amal A. Mirza, Imran Al Mahmeed, Wael |
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description | Heart tumors are rare occurrences. They can present diagnostic challenges and severe complications especially in pregnant women. We report a rare case of angiosarcoma (AS) cordis of the right atrium in a young healthy pregnant female. Her diagnosis remained elusive for some time until development of advanced disease symptomatology. The diagnosis was unfortunately clinched when her tumor grew to be detected by imaging modalities. An emergency cesarean section was performed delivering a healthy baby. The patient was aggressively treated with chemotherapy to no avail. She passed away 2 months after her diagnosis was established. Only few cases of the occurrence of aggressive cardiac AS and human pregnancy are documented. The course of this disastrous combination is usually marked by severe complications, difficult therapeutic options and ultimately fast demise. Physicians need to be more aware of such diagnosis and diligently try to diagnose it as early as possible. |
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spelling | pubmed-52955252017-02-14 Elusive Cardiac Angiosarcoma in a Young Pregnant Female: Rare Presentation With Fatal Outcome Waness, Abdelkarim Batoon, Amal A. Mirza, Imran Al Mahmeed, Wael Cardiol Res Case Report Heart tumors are rare occurrences. They can present diagnostic challenges and severe complications especially in pregnant women. We report a rare case of angiosarcoma (AS) cordis of the right atrium in a young healthy pregnant female. Her diagnosis remained elusive for some time until development of advanced disease symptomatology. The diagnosis was unfortunately clinched when her tumor grew to be detected by imaging modalities. An emergency cesarean section was performed delivering a healthy baby. The patient was aggressively treated with chemotherapy to no avail. She passed away 2 months after her diagnosis was established. Only few cases of the occurrence of aggressive cardiac AS and human pregnancy are documented. The course of this disastrous combination is usually marked by severe complications, difficult therapeutic options and ultimately fast demise. Physicians need to be more aware of such diagnosis and diligently try to diagnose it as early as possible. Elmer Press 2015-06 2015-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5295525/ /pubmed/28197244 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/cr402w Text en Copyright 2015, Waness et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of 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 Waness, Abdelkarim Batoon, Amal A. Mirza, Imran Al Mahmeed, Wael Elusive Cardiac Angiosarcoma in a Young Pregnant Female: Rare Presentation With Fatal Outcome |
title | Elusive Cardiac Angiosarcoma in a Young Pregnant Female: Rare Presentation With Fatal Outcome |
title_full | Elusive Cardiac Angiosarcoma in a Young Pregnant Female: Rare Presentation With Fatal Outcome |
title_fullStr | Elusive Cardiac Angiosarcoma in a Young Pregnant Female: Rare Presentation With Fatal Outcome |
title_full_unstemmed | Elusive Cardiac Angiosarcoma in a Young Pregnant Female: Rare Presentation With Fatal Outcome |
title_short | Elusive Cardiac Angiosarcoma in a Young Pregnant Female: Rare Presentation With Fatal Outcome |
title_sort | elusive cardiac angiosarcoma in a young pregnant female: rare presentation with fatal outcome |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5295525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28197244 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/cr402w |
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