ANGIOSARCOMA OF THE HEART PRESENTING AS FATAL PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE

Authors
EBI N YAMAMOTO H SAKAI J SUGAHARA K ARIMURA H NAKANISHI K
Citation
N. Ebi et al., ANGIOSARCOMA OF THE HEART PRESENTING AS FATAL PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE, Internal medicine, 36(3), 1997, pp. 191-193
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
191 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1997)36:3<191:AOTHPA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 47-year-old man died from fatal pulmonary hemorrhage. Cardiac angios arcoma with lung metastases was found at postmortem examination, His c hest radiograph showed bilateral, diffuse nodular infiltrates without cardiomegaly, No cardiac signs and symptoms were observed, The clinica l outcome was rapidly fatal, Angiosarcoma of the heart should be suspe cted in patients with hemoptysis and nodular chest radiograph abnormal ities, even in the absence of cardiac signs and symptoms.