Xin-rong Liu1, Qi Miao1, Chao-ji Zhang1, Qiao-bei Guo2, and Di Yang31Department of Cardiac Surgery, 2Department of Cardiology, 3Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of MedicalSciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730
2007(1): 66-68.
Abstract:<正>ANGIOSARCOMA is the most common primary malignant cardiac tumor. Until recently, the diagnosis is often not established until the tumor is advanced with vital cardiac structure involved or distal metastasis, mainly because the symptoms are initially nonspecific. The natural history of cardiac angiosarcoma is characterized by a short clinical course and a fatal outcome. Surgical resection remains the preferential therapy for palliation or cure, where as irradiation and chemotherapy have only limited use. We herein reported a successful radical resection of cardiac angiosarcoma with concomitant reconstruction of right coronary artery, tricuspid leaflet, and atrial wall. The literature on cardiac angiosarcomas is reviewed extensively, with emphasis on presentation and surgical management
Xue-zhong Xing, Wen-dong Lei, De-chao Zhang, and Jie HeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Cancer Hospital (Institute), Chinese Academy ofMedical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021
2007(1): 69-70.
Abstract:<正>MEDIASTINAL cavernous hemangioma is a kind of primary mediastinal mesenchymal tumor that occurs rarely in any age. It was first reported by Shennon1 in 1914. In this study we reported a case of mediastinal cavernous hemangioma with abnormal vessel originating from left brachiocephalic vein.
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