Unexplained hemopericardium as a presenting feature of primary cardiac angiosarcoma: A case report and a review of the diagnostic dilemma

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 800-802

  El Osta, Hazem Edmond ^a,d   Yammine, Youssef S ^a   Chehab, Bassem M ^a   Fields, Andrew S ^b   Moore, Dennis F ^a,c   Mattar, Bassam I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cancer Center of Kansas   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardia tumor; Cardiac angiosarcoma; Hemopericardium; Pericardial effusion; Tamponade.

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART TUMOR; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY CARDIAC ANGIOSARCOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 50349102105     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c9282     Document Type: Article

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