title: [Right atrium angiosarcoma disclosed by alveolar hemorrhage].
abstract: Cardiac angiosarcoma represents a primary cardiac malignancy tumor whose early diagnosis is difficult because of its non specific clinical presentation. We present the case of a 57 years old patient with medium abundance hemoptysis. The chest X ray film and CT scan showed bilateral pulmonary infiltrate without cardiac anomaly. Abdominal echography showed disseminated hepatic tumoral lesions. A transthoracic echocardiography made after apparition of heart failure symptoms found a right atrium cardiac tumor. The hepatic lesion biopsy showed angiosarcoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In presence of uncommon systemic symptoms like diffuse pulmonary lesions associated with cardiac anomaly, the diagnosis of angiosarcoma should be included.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie CHU Farhat Hached, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie. Abdallah.Mahdhaoui@famso.rnu.tn
authors.forename: Abdallah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahdhaoui
authors.forename: Hatem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bouraoui
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheniour
authors.forename: Besma
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trimech
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mesghani
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Majdoub
authors.forename: Abdelaziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayouni
authors.forename: Samia Emez
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hajri
authors.forename: Gouider
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jeridi
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ammar
mesh_terms: D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli