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Ruptured cardiac angiosarcoma with pulmonary metastases: A rare disease with a common (mis)diagnosis!
oleh: Gagan jain, Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Sumod kurien, Jamal Yusuf, Sanjay tyagi, Rajat jain
Format: | Article |
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Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2012-11-01 |
Deskripsi
In Indian settings pulmonary tuberculosis remains the most common diagnosis in a patient presenting with constitutional symptoms, hemoptysis and lung opacities. We describe a case report of a fifty-year-old woman who was receiving empirical anti-tubercular drugs for a metastatic illness to lungs arising from a primary angiosarcoma in the right atrium. This rare entity was misdiagnosed and typical echocardiographic findings suggested this diagnosis.