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Primary Angiosarcoma of the Heart. A Case Report and Review of the English Literature

Department of Pathology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Alain Shikhani

Department of ENT, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Michel S. Slim

Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Lama J. Takla

Department of Pathology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Joe F. Malouf

Department of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Primary angiosarcoma of the heart is a rare tumor. In view of its variable clinical picture, the diagnosis is delayed and often difficult to establish without an open biopsy.

In the majority of cases the tumor originates from the right atrium, metasta sizes early to distant sites, and carries a rapidly fatal outcome. The clinicopath ologic features and the methods of diagnosis for this highly malignant neoplasm are reviewed and a new case is reported.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 21, No. 2, 142-148 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/153857448702100211


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