Primary angiosarcoma under the guise of constrictive pericarditis: a case report

Abstract

Primary cardiac tumors are histologically heterogeneous and grow from the heart tissues. Their diagnosis is difficult due to the absence of pathognomonic signs, as well as the possibility of a long asymptomatic course. The authors present a case of late diagnosis of heart tumor in a young man, occurring under the guise of constrictive pericarditis with rapidly progressive heart failure, which ended in death 3 months after the first clinical symptoms. According to the autopsy, the histological picture and immunophenotype of the tumor corresponded to angiosarcoma.

Keywords

• cardiac tumors
• heart angiosarcoma
• constrictive pericarditis
• heart failure.