Successful surgical excision of primary right atrial angiosarcoma

J Cardiothorac Surg. 2011 Apr 9:6:47. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-6-47.

Abstract

Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive tumor with a high incidence of metastatic spread (up to 89%) at the time of diagnosis, which restricts the indication for surgical resection to a small number of patients. We report the case of a 50-year old Caucasian woman with non-metastatic primary right atrial angiosarcoma, who underwent successful surgical excision of the tumor (with curative intent) and reconstruction of the right atrium with a porcine pericardial patch. However, after a symptom-free survival of five months the patient presented with bone and liver metastases without evidence of local tumor recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Hemangiosarcoma / secondary
  • Hemangiosarcoma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Middle Aged
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures