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
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.
