[Primitive leiomyosarcoma of the right atrium presenting with a pulmonary embolism]. / Léiomyosarcome primitif de l'oreillette droite révélé par une embolie pulmonaire.
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss
; 93(2): 199-202, 2000 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-10830098
ABSTRACT
Primary Cardiac leiomyosarcoma is a very rare condition. The authors report the case of a 64 year old woman admitted to hospital for suspected pulmonary embolism, confirmed by thoracic angio-CT scan. Despite thrombolytic therapy, a persistent poor haemodynamic condition associated with a superior vena cava syndrome led to a transoesophageal echocardiographic examination which demonstrated an abnormal intra-right atrial mass obstructing the tricuspid valve. At surgery, a leio-myosarcoma was successfully resected under good conditions. During systematic three-monthly clinical and echocardiographic follow-up, transoesophageal echocardiography detected an asymptomatic local recurrence at 15 months, for which surgery was repeated with adjuvant chemotherapy.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Embolia Pulmonar
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Neoplasias Cardíacas
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Leiomiossarcoma
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Fr
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article