[Home ] [Archive]    
:: Main :: About :: Current Issue :: Archive :: Search :: Submit :: Contact ::
Main Menu
Home::
IJRR Information::
For Authors::
For Reviewers::
Subscription::
News & Events::
Web Mail::
::
Search in website

Advanced Search
..
Receive site information
Enter your Email in the following box to receive the site news and information.
..
ISSN
Hard Copy 2322-3243
Online 2345-4229
..
Online Submission
Now you can send your articles to IJRR office using the article submission system.
..

AWT IMAGE

AWT IMAGE

:: Volume 2, Issue 4 (3-2005) ::
Int J Radiat Res 2005, 2(4): 215-218 Back to browse issues page
Cardiac angiosarcoma Report of a case
M. Sardari Kermani , F. Razi , E. Esmati
, Sardarik@sina.tums.ac.ir
Abstract:   (12603 Views)

ABSTRACT

Sarcomas are the most malignant tumors in the myocardium. Most common sarcoma is the

angiosarcoma, classically located in the right atrium. Surgical resection is the primary treatment

of choice for these patients. In July 2003, an 18 years old man with chest pain and dyspnea,

referred to the Imam Khomeini Hospital. Chest X-ray showed cardiac enlargement and

transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a large lobulated tumoral mass in right atrium.

Cytologic examination of the pericardial effusion reported as no evidence of malignancy and

chest CT scan showed cardiac dilatation with blood density and pericardial effusion. The patient

underwent operation and tumor bulk was resected. Based on histological examination and

immunohistochemistry, diagnosis of cardiac angiosarcoma was made and the patient received

postoperative radiotherapy through parallel-opposed AP-PA cobalt beam technique. After

combined modality treatment with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy, symptoms were

disappeared and after 20 month follow up patient is symptom free. Despite of the ominous

outcome of this malignancy an multimodality approach is worthy of consideration.

Radiat. Res., 2005 2 (4): 215-218

Iran. J.
Keywords: immunohistochemistry, adjuvant radiotherapy, Cardiac angiosarcoma
     
Type of Study: Short Report | Subject: Radiation Biology
Send email to the article author

Add your comments about this article
Your username or Email:

CAPTCHA


XML     Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

M. Sardari Kermani, F. Razi, E. Esmati. Cardiac angiosarcoma Report of a case . Int J Radiat Res 2005; 2 (4) :215-218
URL: http://ijrr.com/article-1-89-en.html


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 2, Issue 4 (3-2005) Back to browse issues page
International Journal of Radiation Research
Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.05 seconds with 50 queries by YEKTAWEB 4645