Primary cardiac angiosarcoma causing rupture of the heart and spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax

Primary cardiac angiosarcoma causing rupture of the heart and spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax

A patient with a primary cardiac angiosarcoma developed two previously unreported manifestations: cardiac rupture, which has not been reported with any primary cardiac tumour; and spontaneous pneumothorax, which is well recognised with other tumours but has not been reported with a cardiac angiosarc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Thorax 1989-01, Vol.44 (1), p.78-79
Hauptverfasser: Lobo, A J, Butland, R J, Stewart, S, Shneerson, J M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Heart Neoplasms - complications
Heart Neoplasms - pathology
Heart Rupture - etiology
Hemangiosarcoma - complications
Hemangiosarcoma - pathology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Pneumothorax - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:A patient with a primary cardiac angiosarcoma developed two previously unreported manifestations: cardiac rupture, which has not been reported with any primary cardiac tumour; and spontaneous pneumothorax, which is well recognised with other tumours but has not been reported with a cardiac angiosarcoma.
ISSN:0040-6376
1468-3296
DOI:10.1136/thx.44.1.78