Tolentino-de la Mora A, Verdugo-Carrión ZE, Vázquez-Castro RA, Vega-Barrientos R. Primary cardiac angiosarcoma presenting with haemoptysis.
BMJ Case Rep 2023;
16:e256596. [PMID:
37734864 PMCID:
PMC10514630 DOI:
10.1136/bcr-2023-256596]
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Abstract
A male patient in his 30s presented to the emergency room with a 1-week history of dyspnoea that progressed to haemoptysis, having coughed up approximately 200 mL of blood on two occasions. On diagnostic investigation, a mediastinal tumour infiltrating the free wall of the right atrium and multiple pulmonary nodules were discovered. The first suspicion was a neoplasm of pulmonary origin, and a bronchoscopy was performed, histology reported a probable cardiac origin for the neoplasm. A subsequent biopsy confirmed the presence of a primary cardiac angiosarcoma. An extension CT scan revealed brain metastases. The patient received chemotherapy treatment, resulting in a partial response to date. This case is one of the few reported instances of cardiac neoplasm presenting with respiratory symptoms.
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