Key result
Surgical excision of rare left atrial angiosarcoma fails to prevent fatal recurrence within 6 months.
Why the study?
Malignant cardiac tumors rarely arise in left-sided cardiac chambers, where tumors need careful assessment for malignant features to guide treatment strategy and prognostication.
Case Report (n=1)
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Left atrial angiosarcoma is a rare, highly malignant cardiac tumor with a poor prognosis despite radical excision.
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Highlights poor post-excision survival in left atrial angiosarcoma; leaves open need for adjuvant therapy trials.
Cardiac angiosarcoma is the most common among primary malignant cardiac tumors in adults. Malignant cardiac tumors commonly arise in the right-sided cardiac chambers unlike benign tumors that commonly arise in the left-sided chambers. Cardiac tumors on the left side need to be carefully assessed for malignant features for deciding treatment strategy and prognostication. We present the case of a 62-year-old female with a large left atrial mass infiltrating the interatrial septum and adjacent myocardial wall. Histology was suggestive of angiosarcoma. Although a radical excision was done, the tumor recurred within 6 months of the postoperative period and she died shortly after the recurrence.
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Poonia et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Left atrial angiosarcoma (n=1). Surgical excision was evaluated. A 62-year-old female with a rare left atrial angiosarcoma underwent surgical excision but experienced tumor recurrence and died within 6 months postoperatively.
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