Cardiac imaging techniques in the diagnosis of angiosarcoma of the heart: report of two cases

Weyne, Antoon E.; Heyndrickx, Guy R.; Cuvelier, Charles; Afschrift, Marcel; Kunnen, M; Derom, F

doi:10.1136/pgmj.61.713.271

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“…Intramural, sessile or pedunculated masses can be l9calized, and echolucencies within the masses, characteristic of vascular channels of haemangiomas and angiosarcomas, visualized as well. Other cardiac imaging techniques including computerized tomography and angiography have also proved helpful (Weyne et al, 1985).…”

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Primary liposarcoma of the heart

Cyjon¹,

Rakowsky²,

C³

et al. 1986

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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Primary liposarcoma of the heart

Cyjon¹,

Rakowsky²,

C³

et al. 1986

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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“…A number of authors have advocated the use of radiation therapy in such cases [2,9,13]. The radiotherapeutic volume would have to include the heart and the mediastinum.…”

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Primary cardiac angiosarcoma: A case report and review of therapeutic options

Stein

Deitling

Cantor

et al. 1994

Med. Pediatr. Oncol.

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A 45-year-old black patient presented with right-heart failure. Echocardiography showed a large tumor mass in the right atrium and a debulking procedure was performed. Histological and immunohistochemical studies revealed a high grade angiosarcoma infiltrating the myocardium and extending to the pericardial surface. Metastatic work-up showed no evidence of dissemination. The patient made an uneventful postsurgical recovery and was treated with chemotherapy, consisting of epidoxorubicin and dacarbazin. Following chemotherapy, echocardiographic re-evaluation failed to show any residual tumor in the right atrium. At present, one year following diagnosis, the patient is alive with no evidence of disease. Therapeutic options of primary cardiac angiosarcoma are reviewed.

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Coronary angiography in cardiac myxomas: Findings in 19 consecutive cases and review of the literature

Cleemput¹,

Daenen²,

Geest³

1993

Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn.

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We reviewed the coronary angiographic findings of 19 patients with a cardiac myxoma, who underwent cardiac catheterization before surgery. Seventeen myxomas were localized in the left atrium and seven had angiographically visible tumor vascularity emerging from atrial branches of the right coronary artery in four patients and the circumflex coronary artery in three. In one patient, we found significant coronary artery disease of the circumflex coronary artery and in another we saw a thrombus-like lesion in the proximal third of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Our results are compared with the findings in two smaller groups of patients with cardiac myxoma who underwent coronary angiography preoperatively. We conclude that the major importance of coronary angiography in patients with cardiac myxomas is to exclude concomitant coronary artery disease before surgery. In a very small minority of patients, a selective coronary angiography is the clue to the diagnosis of cardiac myxoma.

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Cardiac imaging techniques in the diagnosis of angiosarcoma of the heart: report of two cases

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Primary liposarcoma of the heart

Primary liposarcoma of the heart

Primary cardiac angiosarcoma: A case report and review of therapeutic options

Coronary angiography in cardiac myxomas: Findings in 19 consecutive cases and review of the literature

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