Primary Angiosarcoma of the Pericardium. Case Report and Review of the Literature

• Author(s): Timóteo, AT ; Branco, LM ; Bravio, I ; Pinto, E ; Matos, P ; Cruz Ferreira, R
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/530
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
• Subject(s): Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica; Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Cardíacos; Quimioterapia Adjuvante; Diagnóstico Diferencial; Neoplasias Cardíacas; Angiosarcoma; Neoplasias do Mediastino; Derrame Pericárdico; Pericárdio; Indução de Remissão
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Primary cardiac tumours are rare entities and angiosarcoma is the most frequent primary cardiac malignant tumour. Mean survival is six months and the tumour responds poorly to chemotherapy. We present the case of a 50 year-old patient with localised pericardial angiosarcoma who survived 23 months after diagnosis with a combined approach of chemotherapy and surgery.