| Intracardiac thrombi in acute myeloid leukemia: an echocardiographic and autopsy correlation. | |
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PMID: 20380660 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Two-dimensional echocardiography is the primary diagnostic imaging modality for the evaluation of cardiac masses. We describe an adult male suffering from acute myeloid leukemia who was detected to have right atrial and right ventricular mass on echocardiography. Based on the clinical data metastasis, coincidental primary cardiac tumor, vegetation, and thrombi were considered as possible differential diagnosis. Chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia failed and patient succumbed to septicemia. Later, clinical autopsy confirmed the diagnosis of intracardiac thrombi. Occurrence of intracardiac thrombi in acute myeloid leukemia is extremely rare. This report also emphasises the importance of histopathological or clinical autopsy examination of the mass in certain clinical scenario with diagnostic dilema. |
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Authors:
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Manjunath Cholenahalli Nanjappa; Ravindranath Khandenahalli Shankarappa; Saligrama Ramegowda Kalpana; Prabhavathi Bhat; Nagaraja Moorthy |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Volume: 27 ISSN: 1540-8175 ISO Abbreviation: Echocardiography Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-04-12 Completed Date: 2010-07-22 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8511187 Medline TA: Echocardiography Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: E4-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore, India. |
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Adult Autopsy Diagnosis, Differential Echocardiography / methods* Heart Diseases / pathology*, ultrasonography* Heart Neoplasms / pathology, ultrasonography Humans Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology*, ultrasonography* Male Statistics as Topic Thrombosis / pathology*, ultrasonography* |
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