title: Primary cardiac angiosarcoma treated by complete tumor resection with cardiac reconstruction.
abstract: Primary cardiac sarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm, with an incidence of .0001% in collected autopsy series. Angiosarcoma is the most common cardiac sarcoma and is present in up to 33% of the cases that are associated with a poor prognosis. Because angiosarcoma is essentially not responsive to current regimens of chemotherapy and irradiation, early complete resection is recommended as the treatment choice. However, complete resection is difficult because of the limited amount of myocardium and expansion of the tumor at the time of diagnosis. We report a case of right atrial angiosarcoma treated by complete tumor resection with cardiac reconstruction with a bovine pericardium patch.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Cardiac and Vascular Center, Department of Medicine, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyoung Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Bong Gun
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Kyeong Sam
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ok
authors.forename: Dong Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hye-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Myoung Ok
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: Wook-Hyun
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Suk-Koo
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000032:analysis; D011182:Postoperative Care; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1