title: [A case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma associated with cardiac tamponade].
abstract: A 72-year-old man came to our hospital due to edema, malaise, and poor appetite in May 200X. He was diagnosed as cardiac tamponade, and open surgery revealed tumors in the right atrium and the left ventricule. Tumor tissue was revealed to be angiosarcoma by the pathological findings. Metastases to the brain, lungs, liver, and adrenal glands were found. The patient was treated with interleukin-2(IL-2)for 7 weeks. However, there was no anti-tumor effect, and the patient died in September, 200X. We reported a very rare case of cardiac angiosarcoma associated with cardiac tamponade, who was treated with IL-2 monotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medical Oncology, Kanazawa Medical University.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimasaki
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Nozomu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurose
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nojima
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Motoo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007376:Interleukin-2