| Cardiac sarcoma presenting as heart failure and diagnosed as recurrent myxoma by echocardiogram. | |
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PMID: 20008329 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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We report a case of an extremely rare high-grade, undifferentiated cardiac sarcoma. The patient with left atrial myxoma resected 8 months ago presented with pneumonia, congestive heart failure, and subsequently diagnosed to have cardiac sarcoma. Transoesophageal echocardiogram played an important role in diagnosis of left atrial mass. High index of suspicion is required to diagnose left atrial tumour as initially it can present as pneumonia or congestive heart failure and left atrial tumours are not always the myxoma. |
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Authors:
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Harshal R Patil; Dushyant Singh; Michael Hajdu |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article Date: 2009-12-11 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology Volume: 11 ISSN: 1532-2114 ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Echocardiogr Publication Date: 2010 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-03 Completed Date: 2010-08-10 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100890618 Medline TA: Eur J Echocardiogr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: E12 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2411 Holmes street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA. pathilh@umkc.edu |
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Aged Diagnosis, Differential Diagnostic Errors* Echocardiography Female Heart Failure / diagnosis*, etiology Heart Neoplasms / complications, diagnosis*, ultrasonography Humans Myxoma / diagnosis*, ultrasonography Recurrence Sarcoma / complications, diagnosis*, ultrasonography |
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