Angiology

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ang

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Peregud-Pogorzelska, M.
Right arrow Articles by Wojtarowicz, A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Peregud-Pogorzelska, M.
Right arrow Articles by Wojtarowicz, A.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Angiology, Vol. 58, No. 2, 255-258 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707300379

Intracavitary Mass as the Initial Manifestation of Primary Pericardial Mesothelioma

A Case Report

Malgorzata Peregud-Pogorzelska, MD

Department of Cardiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, mperegud{at}iscnet.pl

Jaroslaw Kazmierczak, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Andrzej Wojtarowicz, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

A 31-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of progressing fatigue and effort dyspnea. Echocardiography depicted a tumor within the free wall of the right ventricle and right atrium, located on both sides of the tricuspid annulus. Computed tomography showed disseminated circular shadows sized up to 7 mm—most likely metastatic lesions—in both lungs. The diagnosis of low-grade mesothelioma bifasicum was confirmed with histopathologic and immunohistochemical studies of the samples taken by thoracoscopy from parietal pleura, lung tumor, and diaphragm region. Chemotherapy, which included gemcitabine and carboplatin, resulted in transient improvement of the clinical status of the patient and reduction of the tumor mass lasting several months followed by progression of the disease. Significant amounts of pleural fluid and huge tumors within both pleural cavities emerged. The patient died due to respiratory and circulatory insufficiency 11 months following the diagnosis.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?