title: Primary cardiac angiosarcoma: a case report.
abstract: Primary tumors of the heart are rarely seen. Cardiac angiosarcomas are malignant tumors that almost always have a poor prognosis. We describe a 29-year-old man with primary cardiac angiosarcoma with multiple site metastases. The therapeutic approach includes surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy alone or in combination. New techniques of radiotherapy and combined chemotherapeutic agents may relieve symptoms and prolong a patient's life. We discuss the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac angiosarcoma in the light of a case report.
authors.affiliation: Kutahya Evliya Celebi Government Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kutahya, Turkey. petektater@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ozge Petek
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Erpolat
authors.forename: Fikri
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Icli
authors.forename: Orhan Veil
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gokaslan
authors.forename: Muge
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akmansu
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erekul
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yucel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed