Primary cardiac hemangiopericytoma causing rupture of the right atrium and chronic cardiac tamponade.
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.
Fujii
B
B
Cardiovascular Center, Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Matsuzaki
M
M
Takashiba
K
K
Ebihara
H
H
Hamada
Y
Y
Ohno
H
H
Hyakuna
E
E
Tani
S
S
Tamitani
M
M
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