title: [Cardiac tamponade due to angiosarcoma--was surgical treatment necessary? A case report].
abstract: We present a case of a 49-year-old patient with cardiac tamponade due to haemopericardium. The decision to perform surgery, although controversial, allowed to diagnose cardiac angiosarcoma with metastases to pericardium, vena cava superior and pulmonary trunk. Consequently, chemotherapy was instituted and was initially effective, however, the patient died 12 months later due to the progression of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Kardiologii, Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny, ul. Kamieńskiego 73, 51-124 Wrocław. lewczuk@wssk.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sośnik
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewczuk
authors.forename: Bartosz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ludwik
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kowal
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sobkowicz
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gwoźdź
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wrabec
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary