PRIMARY HEMANGIO-ENDOTHELIOMA OF THE HEART

Abstract
This paper represents the 1st malignant hemangio-endothelioma of the heart to be diagnosed ante mortem by thoracotomy and frozen section, and the 12th such case to be reported in the literature. The case described is that of a 38-year-old white female whose tumor originated in the right atrium of the heart, metastasizing to the lungs and liver with direct extension through the sternum, and was in part polypoid.
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