Cardiac Myeloid Sarcoma: A 1-kg Heart.

AML, acute myelomonocytic leukemia cancer cardiomyopathy left ventricle

Journal

JACC. Case reports
ISSN: 2666-0849
Titre abrégé: JACC Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101757292

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Historique:
received: 08 03 2021
revised: 16 04 2021
accepted: 27 04 2021
entrez: 28 7 2021
pubmed: 29 7 2021
medline: 29 7 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

A 53-year-old man with a background of acute myelomonocytic leukemia in remission presented with pleurisy. Repeat transthoracic echocardiography over several weeks revealed thickening left ventricular walls and decreasing systolic function. He died of decompensated heart failure due to cardiac myeloid sarcoma, with autopsy revealing an enlarged heart weighing >1 kg. (

Identifiants

pubmed: 34317666
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.04.033
pii: S2666-0849(21)00427-7
pmc: PMC8311334
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

963-965

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Authors.

Références

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Oct;33(7):e330-2
pubmed: 21941137
Am J Hematol. 1987 Jul;25(3):325-32
pubmed: 3300284

Auteurs

Paul Bamford (P)

Gosford Hospital, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.
University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Kelsey E Gardiner (KE)

Gosford Hospital, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.

Michael D Parkinson (MD)

St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.

Kendall Bailey (K)

New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Maged William (M)

Gosford Hospital, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.

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