Case report<br>Rare tumors of the heart – angiosarcomas. Two case reports

Vit Martin Matejka; Lubos Holubec; Petr Mukensnabl; Ondrej Ondic; Jana Dreslerova; Ondrej Fiala; Petra Mrazkova; Jindrich Finek

doi:10.5114/wo.2014.40601

eISSN: 1897-4309
ISSN: 1428-2526

Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia

Current issue Archive Contemporary Oncology

1/2014

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Case report
Rare tumors of the heart – angiosarcomas. Two case reports

Vit Martin Matejka

,

Lubos Holubec

,

Petr Mukensnabl

,

Ondrej Ondic

,

Jana Dreslerova

,

Ondrej Fiala

,

Petra Mrazkova

,

Jindrich Finek

Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2014; 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2014.40601

Online publish date: 2014/04/09

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Primary cardiac tumours are rare, with a reported prevalence of 0.001–0.3% of routine autopsies. More than three-quarters of them are benign, with myxoma as the most common histological type. The malignant primary tumours of the heart are angiosarcomas, rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, undifferentiated sarcoma and primary cardiac lymphoma. The angiosarcoma is an extremely rare neoplasm has a very poor prognosis for recovery because of late diagnosis, aggressive biological behaviour and minimal response to chemotherapy. The mean survive is six to eleven months. We reported two cases treated in the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy at the University Hospital in Pilsen.

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Case reportRare tumors of the heart – angiosarcomas. Two case reports

Vit Martin Matejka , Lubos Holubec , Petr Mukensnabl , Ondrej Ondic , Jana Dreslerova , Ondrej Fiala , Petra Mrazkova , Jindrich Finek

angiosarcoma, heart, primary tumour, chemotherapy

Case report
Rare tumors of the heart – angiosarcomas. Two case reports

Vit Martin Matejka

,

Lubos Holubec

,

Petr Mukensnabl

,

Ondrej Ondic

,

Jana Dreslerova

,

Ondrej Fiala

,

Petra Mrazkova

,

Jindrich Finek