An unusual cause of spontaneous hemothorax: cardiac angiosarcoma

Angiosarcoma, the most common primary malignant neoplasm of the heart in adults, usually presents as pericardial effusion or right-sided heart failure. Rupture of an angiosarcoma-infiltrated cardiac chamber as a cause of hemothorax is very rare in the literature. In this report, we describe a 34-yea...

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Main Authors: Gökhan Lafçı, Kerim Çağlı, Derya Tok, Adnan Yalçınkaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KARE Publishing 2013-09-01
Series:Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi
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Online Access:https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tkd&un=TKDA-73479