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A 17-year-old female patient with cardiac angiosarcoma and pulmonary metastases presented with nonspecific symptoms and died 4 months after initial presentation despite urgent chemotherapy.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights the rare presentation of cardiac angiosarcoma in a female adolescent, emphasizing the need for early diagnosis and optimized treatment to extend survival.
Rare adolescent cardiac angiosarcoma misdiagnosed as pneumonia underscores diagnostic pitfalls; leaves open need for refined early-detection strategies.
We report a rare case of cardiac angiosarcoma in a female adolescent patient that is an unusual case of cardiac angiosarcoma. As the initial symptoms are nonspecific our case demonstrated difficulty to establish the correct diagnosis. Our patient has in addition to these, malaise, diarrhea and hemoptysis which was mistakenly diagnosed with pneumonia. Here, we discuss aspects of computed tomography with a definitive diagnosis confirmed by immunohistochemistry, through a transthoracic radioguided biopsy. The patient presented improvement after urgent chemotherapy, however, she died 4 months after initial symptoms. In view of these aspects, it is clear the need for early diagnosis and a definition of optimized treatment in order to extend the survival of these patients.
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Oliveira et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Cardiac angiosarcoma (n=1). Palliative chemotherapy with doxorubicin was evaluated on Clinical outcome (survival). A 17-year-old female patient with cardiac angiosarcoma and pulmonary metastases presented with nonspecific symptoms and died 4 months after initial presentation despite urgent chemotherapy.
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