title: Cardiac angiosarcoma with right atrial perforation and cardiac tamponade.
abstract: Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare tumor associated with a poor prognosis. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman with right atrial angiosarcoma presenting with cardiac tamponade due to right atrial perforation. She underwent urgent surgical resection of the tumor. However, the patient died 68 days after surgery due to local recurrence. An effective treatment for cardiac angiosarcoma has not yet been established. However, more aggressive treatment with a combination of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and IL-2 should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Tokusyukai Hospital, Kasuga, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minato
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008875:Middle Aged