Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4282554 | Asian Journal of Surgery | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryThe overall incidence of cardiac tumor is very low, and malignant cardiac tumors account for only 25% of all cardiac tumors. Angiosarcomas are the most common type of malignant cardiac tumors, characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating anaplastic cells derived from blood vessels and lining irregular blood-filled spaces. We present a 26-year-old man with angiosarcoma involving the right atrium, which was misdiagnosed as aortic intramural hematoma by computed tomography, finally confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography during the operation.
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Authors
Gyeong-Jo Byeon, Hyung-Gon Je, Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Ji-Uk Yoon, Joo-Yun Kim, Sang-Wook Shin, Kyung-Un Choi,