title: Cardiac angiosarcoma.
abstract: Primary tumors of the heart are extremely rare, with a prevalence rate of around 0.01% in collective autopsy studies. Majority of the primary cardiac tumors are benign. Myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor, while angiosarcoma is the commonest primary malignant tumor. We present a case report of a 20-year-old patient with history of breathlessness and hemoptysis. A malignant mass was seen arising in the right atrium, with pericardial effusion and multiple metastases in the lung. A complete autopsy was performed and a diagnosis of cardiac angiosarcoma was confirmed on histology and immunohistochemistry.
authors.affiliation: T.N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Bombay Central, Mumbai 400-008, India. ppamonkar@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Gayathri P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Amonkar
authors.forename: Jaya R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Deshpande
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male