Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma: Pericardial Erosion and Disseminated Metastasis in a Young Active Duty Man
Primary cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare with a reported prevalence of 0.0017% to 0.028%. Seventy-five percent of these tumors are benign. Of the primary malignant tumors, the most common are sarcomas. Primary cardiac sarcomas are often rapidly progressive and carry a very poor prognosis because...
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| description | Primary cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare with a reported prevalence of 0.0017% to 0.028%. Seventy-five percent of these tumors are benign. Of the primary malignant tumors, the most common are sarcomas. Primary cardiac sarcomas are often rapidly progressive and carry a very poor prognosis because of distant metastasis, erosion within the heart, and the development of circulatory obstruction. We describe an unfortunate case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma leading to the death of an otherwise healthy young man. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-595f8022cbf140fa886b686e6fe60d112025-08-20T03:18:49ZengAmerican College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases2767-76642022-08-011610.7326/aimcc.2022.0430Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma: Pericardial Erosion and Disseminated Metastasis in a Young Active Duty ManTyler King0William Day1Michael Dore2Joseph An31Department of Medicine, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia1Department of Medicine, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia1Department of Medicine, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia1Department of Medicine, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VirginiaPrimary cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare with a reported prevalence of 0.0017% to 0.028%. Seventy-five percent of these tumors are benign. Of the primary malignant tumors, the most common are sarcomas. Primary cardiac sarcomas are often rapidly progressive and carry a very poor prognosis because of distant metastasis, erosion within the heart, and the development of circulatory obstruction. We describe an unfortunate case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma leading to the death of an otherwise healthy young man.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0430 |
| spellingShingle | Tyler King William Day Michael Dore Joseph An Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma: Pericardial Erosion and Disseminated Metastasis in a Young Active Duty Man Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| title | Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma: Pericardial Erosion and Disseminated Metastasis in a Young Active Duty Man |
| title_full | Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma: Pericardial Erosion and Disseminated Metastasis in a Young Active Duty Man |
| title_fullStr | Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma: Pericardial Erosion and Disseminated Metastasis in a Young Active Duty Man |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma: Pericardial Erosion and Disseminated Metastasis in a Young Active Duty Man |
| title_short | Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma: Pericardial Erosion and Disseminated Metastasis in a Young Active Duty Man |
| title_sort | primary cardiac angiosarcoma pericardial erosion and disseminated metastasis in a young active duty man |
| url | https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0430 |
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