title: Primary cardiac hemangiopericytoma causing rupture of the right atrium and chronic cardiac tamponade.
abstract: A 53-year-old woman presented with symptoms of dyspnea on exertion and edema of lower extremities. Chronic cardiac tamponade caused by the rupture of the right atrial wall was diagnosed by two-dimensional contrast echocardiography. Autopsy findings revealed primary cardiac hemangiopericytoma.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center, Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takashiba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ebihara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hyakuna
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamitani
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged