Nguyên Uyên Châu, Vernemmen Astrid I P, Segers Patrique, Zur Hausen Axel, Driessen Rob G H, Pluijmen Maurice J H M, Bekkers Sebastiaan C A M
Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Department of Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Nov 15;8:755106. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.755106. eCollection 2021.
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.