title: Cardiac angiosarcoma: early diagnosis. A case report.
abstract: Malignant tumours are rare and their diagnostic verification is more frequent at a post-mortem examination. We present a clinical case of a angiosarcoma of the atrium dextrum in a patient where the diagnosis was done precociously. The clinical case we are describing presents some characteristics not noted in literature. The patient did not present any other clinical signs other than giving assumption of the presence of neoplasm and/or secondary localization. The transthoracic echographic exam revealed the methodology to enable the removal of the neoplasm, the outline of which, was better defined with the transesophageal probe.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Civile, Sondrio.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cucchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Corbascio
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed