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[Angiosarcoma of the pericardium. Anatomoclinical study of a case]
P Hoffman1, J F Michiels, M C Saint-Paul
1Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Pasteur, Nice.
Archives D'Anatomie Et De Cytologie Pathologiques
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
We report a case of angiosarcoma of the pericardium in a 62-year-old man. Although the lack of myocardial adhesions allowed complete surgical exeresis, and despite chemotherapy, the patient died three months later because of early recurrence. Large, undifferentiated areas were found within the tumor, raising diagnostic problems with other malignant tumors of the heart. Histochemical, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural studies confirmed the diagnosis of angiosarcoma.