Cardiac embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in an adult
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Cardiac embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in an adult.
A 58-year old man with worsening shortness of breath on exertion for 4 months came to our hospital. Echocardiography revealed an irregular mass measuring 57 mm × 37 mm in the left atrium and mild mitral regurgitation (Fig. 1). Palliative resection of the tumour was performed, and mitral regurgitation was left untreated. Histological diagnosis was embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (Fig. 2). Figure 1: T...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1010-7940,1873-734X
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu109