Angiosarcoma causing cardiac constriction late after radiation therapy for breast carcinoma

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 81-83

  Sharma, Ashwini ^a   Devaleria, Patrick A ^a   Scherber, Robyn M ^a   Sugrue, Gavin ^a   McCullough, Ann E ^a   Panse, Prasad M ^a   Mookadam, Farouk ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Constrictive pericarditis; Neoplasms; Pericardium radiation effects; Postradiation tumor; Radiation induced; Radiotherapy adverse effects

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; PODOPLANIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COMPLICATION; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84956872275     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-14-4549     Document Type: Article

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