PRIMARY HEMANGIO-ENDOTHELIOMA OF THE HEART
Authors: J F CRENSHAW, E A DOWLING, W F CRESSWELL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 May 1959PRIMARY HEMANGIO-ENDOTHELIOMA OF THE HEARTJAMES F. CRENSHAW, M.D., EDMUND A. DOWLING, M.D., W. F. CRESSWELL JR., M.D.JAMES F. CRENSHAW, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDMUND A. DOWLING, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, W. F. CRESSWELL JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-5-1289 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is the purpose of this paper to present the first malignant hemangio-endothelioma of the heart to be diagnosed ante mortem by thoracotomy and frozen section, and the twelfth such case to be reported in the literature.The incidence of primary cardiac tumors in necropsy studies by Straus and Merliss1was estimated to be 0.0017%, as compared to 0.24% to 6.45% for metastatic cardiac tumors.2-5Lymburner6encountered four benign primary tumors in a series of 8,550 consecutive autopsies. From his series of 329 cases of primary cardiac tumors, Mahaim7found 87 to be malignant. From a study of 20,337 autopsies...Bibliography1. StrausMerliss RR: Primary tumor of the heart, Arch. Path. 39: 74-78 (Feb.) 1945. Google Scholar2. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication September 23, 1957.From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Medical College, University of Alabama, and the Highland Baptist Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama.Requests for reprints should be addressed to James F. Crenshaw, M.D., Seale Harris Clinic, 2219 Highland Avenue, Birmingham 5, Alabama. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIntegrated approach for cardiac angiosarcomaPrimary cardiac sarcomas. A report of three cases and a review of the current literaturePrimary Angiosarcoma of the Heart. 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