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Acute myeloid leukaemia relapse presenting as cardiac myeloid sarcoma

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: A 50-year-old woman previously diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia presented with a 3-month history of shortness of breath and a right-sided facial rash. A chest CT revealed an intracardiac mass in the right atrium extending into her superior and inferior vena cava. Surgery was performed to remove the mass and pathology was consistent with myeloid sarcoma. After surgery, adjuvant radiation therapy was directed to the residual disease. The patient eventually relapsed in other sites not including the right atrium and eventually succumbed to her disease.

Source: BMJ Case Reports

DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-224419

Authors: Alexander Waselewski, Michael Joiner, Steven Raymond Miller

Institutions: Wayne State University, The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Language: English

Topic: Cardiac tumors and thrombi

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2899868708