• Title of article

    A Patient Presenting with Cardiac Tamponade and the Challenges of Finding Its Cause: A Cardiac Angiosarcoma

  • Author/Authors

    Habibi, Roshanak Department of Internal Medicine - Presence Saint Francis Hospital, USA , Faramarzi, Negar Department of Internal Medicine - Presence Saint Francis Hospital, USA , Altamirano, Alvaro J. Department of Internal Medicine - Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital, USA , Dadkhah, Shahriar Department of Cardiology - Presence Saint Francis Hospital, USA

  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    4
  • Abstract
    Primary malignancies of the heart are so rare that most of the available data come from case reports or large single-center-based studies, with the overall incidence of 0.02% in the United States. Diagnosis in case of an isolated pericardial effusion as presentation is challenging, and determining that an angiosarcoma is even more challenging. Here, we presented a rare case of pericardial angiosarcoma which presented to us with tamponade. )e patient eventually was diagnosed through pericardiectomy. A multimodality approach was attempted to treat the cancer. )e clinical details of such a unique disease entity inspired us to present it as a case report.
  • Keywords
    Cardiac Tamponade , Cardiac Angiosarcoma
  • Journal title
    Case Reports in Cardiology
  • Serial Year
    2018
  • Record number

    2611638