Hemangioendotheliosarcoma of the Ileum With Metastases to the Right Auricle, Rupture of the Heart, and Hemopericardium at Least 10 Days Before Death: A Case Report

Case Reports1 July 1954HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOSARCOMA OF THE ILEUM WITH METASTASES TO THE RIGHT AURICLE, RUPTURE OF THE HEART, AND HEMOPERICARDIUM AT LEAST 10 DAYS BEFORE DEATH: A CASE REPORTRICHARD R. GRAYSON, M.D.RICHARD R. GRAYSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-1-151 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA careful review of the available literature fails to reveal a case similar to the one presented in this paper. Because of the exceeding rarity of hemangioendotheliosarcoma, and the unique complication of rupture of the heart due to metastatic involvement of the right auricle, this case is considered worthy of reporting.Incidence:Sarcoma of any kind of the small intestine is rare,2and hemangioendothelioma itself is rare among the sarcomas.3"In the New England Deaconess and Palmer Memorial Hospitals from 1927 to 1939, Medinger was able to find only 10 malignant tumors of the small intestine at autopsy and in...Bibliography1. MaxwellCrileDinsmore EAGRS: Malignant tumors of the small intestine, S. Clin. North America 28: 1149-1157 (Oct.) 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. FrankMillerBell LWASJC: Sarcoma of the small intestine, Ann. Surg. 115: 544-565, 1942. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Kastl WH: Hemangioma with diffuse involvement of spleen and bone; case report, Ann. Surg. 133: 561-564, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. LeggFitch QSWM: Hemangioendothelioma: review of the literature with a report of two cases, South. Surgeon 26: 803-811, 1950. Google Scholar5. Nielsen OS: Primary hemangioendotheliosarcoma in the liver of children, Acta paediat. 40: 431-438 (Sept.) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Stein JJ: Tumors of the small intestine: a review of the literature and report of eight additional cases, Am. J. Digest. Dis. 4: 517-522 (Oct.) 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Perryville, Missouri*Received for publication September 9, 1953. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHaemangiomatosis of the small and large bowel with histological malignant changeAngiosarcoma of the heartNontraumatic hemopericardiumPRIMARY HEMANGIO-ENDOTHELIOMA OF THE HEART*JAMES F. CRENSHAW, M.D., EDMUND A. DOWLING, M.D., W. F. CRESSWELL JR., M.D.Rupture of the Heart after Myocardial Infarction 1 July 1954Volume 41, Issue 1Page: 151-159KeywordsAutopsyHeartIleumMalignant tumorsSarcomaSmall intestine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...