1. A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain in Childhood: Cardiac Angiosarcoma.
- Author
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Citak EC, Ozeren M, Karaca MK, Karpuz D, Karahan F, Yilmaz EB, Balci Y, Kara PO, and Arpaci RB
- Subjects
- Abdominal Pain diagnostic imaging, Adolescent, Female, Heart Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Heart Neoplasms surgery, Hemangiosarcoma diagnostic imaging, Hemangiosarcoma surgery, Humans, Rare Diseases, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Abdominal Pain etiology, Heart Neoplasms complications, Hemangiosarcoma complications
- Abstract
Cardiac angiosarcomas are extremely rare in childhood, they are rapidly progressive tumours that often present themselves as diagnostic dilemmas, resulting in delayed diagnosis. Also, extracardiac manifestations, including abdominal pain, are extremely rare in patients with intracardiac tumors. We herein present the case of a 15-year-old girl who presented with abdominal pain. Echocardiography and thoracic computed tomography showed right atrial mass. The patient underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Eight months after treatment, abdominal recurrence was detected. The abdominal mass was resected, and radiotherapy and new chemotherapy protocol were given. The present case illustrates a rare case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma posing a diagnostic dilemma in an adolescent girl.
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- 2018
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