Pulmonary metastasis in a cardiac angiosarcoma - Case report and discussion;Metastização pulmonar na apresentação de angiossarcoma cardíaco - Caso clínico e discussão

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1175-1184

  Fonseca, Vítor ^a   Reis, Gustavo ^a   Lourenço, Cândida ^a   Alves, Carlos ^a   Vasconcelos, Ana Paula ^a   Martelo, Fernando ^a   Bravio, Ivan ^a   Lousinha, Ana ^a   Timóteo, Ana Teresa ^a   Pinto, Eugénia ^b   Granadeiro, João ^a   Pinto Saraiva, António ^a  

^a Hospital Nossa Senhora do Rosario   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Heart angiosarcoma; Pericarditis; Pleural effusion; Pulmonary metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CARDIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEPSIS; SPUTUM; SUBACUTE ENDOCARDITIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; HEART TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 75349109895     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0873-2159(15)30199-9     Document Type: Article

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