Primary cardiac angiosarcoma: a case report.
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.
Erpolat
Ozge Petek
OP
Kutahya Evliya Celebi Government Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kutahya, Turkey. petektater@yahoo.com
Icli
Fikri
F
Dogan
Orhan Veil
OV
Gokaslan
Gokhan
G
Akmansu
Muge
M
Erekul
Selim
S
Yucel
Ertan
E
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