Key result
Autopsy reveals rare right atrial angiosarcoma with numerous giant cells in a young patient.
Why the study?
Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a very rare but often fatal malignancy with limited progress in treatment and survival since its discovery.
Design
Case report
Authors
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Incidental giant-cell right atrial angiosarcoma at autopsy; leaves open its clinical significance and management in living patients.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights a rare presentation of primary cardiac angiosarcoma with giant cells discovered incidentally during autopsy.
Zhao et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac angiosarcoma with giant cells (n=1). Autopsy of a young patient who died of a gunshot wound revealed a rare case of right atrial angiosarcoma with numerous giant cells.