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
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
963-965Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors.
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