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- A woman had trouble breathing because of blood in the heart sac (hemopericardium).
- Doctors tried different tests and treatments but couldn’t find out why this was happening.
- After more surgery, they finally found out that her condition was caused by a rare cancer called angiosarcoma.
Article Abstract
The case concerns a female presenting with dyspnoea resulting from recurrent hemopericardium. Pericardiocentesis, coronary angiography, and extensive laboratory and imaging studies did not reveal the underlying etiology of the hemopericardium. Only after repeat and exploratory surgery, diffuse venous pericardial hemorrhages with localized thrombi typical of angiosarcoma were discovered.
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