title: Primary cardiac angiosarcoma with right coronary-to-right atrium fistula.
abstract: Primary tumours of the heart are rare. About 25% of all cardiac tumours are malignant and the most common of these is the angiosarcoma. We present a 61-year-old male with a right atrial angiosarcoma that was detected on coronary angiography. The tumour showed marked vascularity and a right coronary-to-right atrium fistula, and the patient underwent surgical resection. Pathological examination of the tumour was consistent with a cardiac angiosacoma and the diagnosis was also confirmed by immuno-histochemistry. He consequently underwent chemotherapy, however the patient died 60 days after the surgery.
authors.affiliation: Gazi Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Necmettin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yakut
authors.forename: Tunay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurtoglu
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Okcun
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kupelioglu
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005402:Fistula; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D020127:Recovery of Function