title: Primary cardiac angiosarcoma.
abstract: Primary malignant cardiac tumors are extremely rare neoplasms. About three-quarters of all cardiac tumors are histologically benign. A 24-year-old man presented to the hospital with dyspnea and chest pain. A solid, dense, nonhomogeneous and rough-surfaced mass (89 x 90 x 36 mm) with protrusion into the right heart cavities was observed on transthoracic echocardiography. The findings were confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. The histopathology of the mass confirmed a diagnosis of angiosarcoma. No evidence of an extracardiac origin of the tumor was found by radiological body imaging. The patient died 2 months after presentation to the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Karlidere Cad. Cumhuriyet Sitesi, B 4 Blok D: 16 Bulgurlu-Istanbul, Turkey. kosuyolu@superonline.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yaymaci
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirali
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akdemir
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kotiloglu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Başaran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity