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Primary pericardial angiosarcoma: A case report

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Primary pericardial angiosarcoma is a rare malignant cardiac neoplasm with early metastasis and poor prognosis. There are currently no guidelines or effective therapeutic strategies. Here we report a case of a 22-year-old man who presented with chest pain, suffocation and transient syncope over the course of 4 months. Further workup showed a large mass in the right pericardium, histopathologic examination revealed angiosarcoma. The patient subsequently received a total of 8 cycles of chemotherapy (paclitaxel and doxorubicin). This patient has an overall survival of 1 year to date. The current examination methods and reported cases revealed that early detection of primary pericardial angiosarcoma with imaging examinations is critical for prognosis.

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Abbreviations

OS:

Median overall survival

TTE:

Transthoracic echocardiography

CT:

Computed tomography

PET:

Positron emission tomography

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Wencui Li, Lizhu Han and Zhaoxiang Ye declare that they have nothing to disclose.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin’s Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, 300060, China

    Wencui Li MD, Lizhu Han MD & Zhaoxiang Ye PhD

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Li, W., Han, L. & Ye, Z. Primary pericardial angiosarcoma: A case report. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 29, 2734–2737 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-020-02470-0

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