Primary right atrium angiosarcoma mimicking pericarditis
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Primary right atrium angiosarcoma mimicking pericarditis
BACKGROUND Primary cardiac neoplasms occur rarely and most of them are benign. Malignant tumors including angiosarcoma are extremely rare and have a non specific clinical presentation and a poor prognosis. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a young male who was transferred to our hospital because of shock and multiple organ failure after a complicated pericardial biopsy. During the previo...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-120