Right atrium angiosarcoma with feeding vessels from right coronary artery: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare primary cardiac malignancy. Biopsy of such vascular-rich tumours may result in serious complications.

Case summary

This is a case of a 43-year-old woman who presented with syncope. According to clinical history, she initially had massive pericardial effusion, with an uncertain aetiology. Multimodality imaging at our hospital revealed a cauliflower-like tumour in the right atrium. Coronary angiography results confirmed multiple feeding vessels from the right coronary artery to the tumour. Thoracoscopic biopsy resulted in a massive bleeding requiring haemostasis via thoracotomy. Histopathological examination of the specimen showed an angiosarcoma with atypical cells and spindle cells in a myxomatous background. Treatment with s

SUBMITTER: Yeh JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8846175 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature