Cerebral Metastasis from Heart Angiosarcoma Presenting as Multiple Hematomas

ABSTRACT The authors present the case of a 24‐year‐old woman with cerebral metastasis from a primary heart angiosarcoma, which appeared as multiple cerebral hematomas. Primary or metastatic brain angiosarcomas are exceedingly rare, and only a few cases have been reported with hemorrhage. Initial neu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of neuroimaging 2004-01, Vol.14 (1), p.71-73
Hauptverfasser: Liassides, Charalambos, Katsamaga, Maria, Deretzi, Georgia, Koutsimanis, Vasilios, Zacharakis, Georgios
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT The authors present the case of a 24‐year‐old woman with cerebral metastasis from a primary heart angiosarcoma, which appeared as multiple cerebral hematomas. Primary or metastatic brain angiosarcomas are exceedingly rare, and only a few cases have been reported with hemorrhage. Initial neurological symptoms were mild hemiparesis with numbness, and chest pain was first misdiagnosed as pericarditis. A computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging showed 2 hematomas in the left parietal and occipital lobes. A thoracic CT scan revealed angiosarcoma of the right atrium of the heart with multiple infiltrations of the lung. The patient underwent surgical removal and systemic chemotherapy. She died 6 months after surgery.
ISSN:1051-2284
1552-6569
DOI:10.1111/j.1552-6569.2004.tb00220.x