title: Cardiac angiosarcoma-associated membranoproliferative glomerulonephropathy.
abstract: Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare cardiac tumor. The initial clinical course is often asymptomatic, and metastatic disease is present in a majority of affected patients at diagnosis. We present a patient who presented with a hemorrhagic pericardial effusion. No malignant cells were evident on cytological examination. He subsequently developed membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis requiring hemodialysis. Metastatic cardiac angiosarcoma was diagnosed 5 months later. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of paraneoplastic membranoproliferative glomerulopathy associated with cardiac angiosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 701 N. First Street, Springfield, IL 62702, USA.
authors.forename: Lokesh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shahani
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: Srikanth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vallurupalli