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Charles H Choi1, Subbareddy Konda1, Jay G Shake1
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Texas A&M Health Science Center at Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, Texas (Choi, Konda, Shake); the Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Choi); and the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi (Shake).
Abstract:
This case report describes a previously healthy 32-year-old man who presented with several weeks of hemoptysis. Initially he was treated with antibiotics with a preliminary diagnosis of pneumonia. With increasing hemoptysis and additional symptoms, he was referred to our institution. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging suggested a diagnosis of right atrial angiosarcoma with extensive pulmonary metastases. His extensive pulmonary tumor burden caused the hemoptysis. Pulmonary biopsy was well tolerated, and he was referred to medical oncology for adjuvant therapy. Following the first cycle of chemotherapy, his hemoptysis lessened.
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