Angiosarcoma Causing Cardiac Constriction Late after Radiation Therapy for Breast Carcinoma.

We report a rare case of angiosarcoma of the pericardium, which presented in a 41-year-old woman as constrictive pericarditis 8 years after irradiation for cancer of the left breast. To our knowledge, this is only the 2nd report of angiosarcoma of the pericardium after radiotherapy. PMID: 27047293 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Texas Heart Institute Journal - January 31, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sharma A, DeValeria PA, Scherber RM, Sugrue G, McCullough AE, Panse PM, Mookadam F Tags: Tex Heart Inst J Source Type: research