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A giant thrombus in the right atrium of a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia M3

Acute promyelocytic leukemia is a special type of acute myeloid leukemia. Patients with this disease are at high risk of complications. Right atrial thrombosis is a rare but potentially serious complication. A 55-month-old girl with acute promyelocytic leukemia M3 was in her last phase of treatment....

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Autores principales: Thach, Pham Ngoc, Ban, Ho Tran, Quynh, Huynh-Thi Vu, Thanh, Tran-Thi, Nguyen, Phan Thao, Vi, Trinh Nguyen Ha, Hieu, Tran Ba, Chinh, Nguyen Duc, Hoa, Tran, Dung, Bui The, Duc, Nguyen Minh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10415823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37577079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.07.056
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Sumario:Acute promyelocytic leukemia is a special type of acute myeloid leukemia. Patients with this disease are at high risk of complications. Right atrial thrombosis is a rare but potentially serious complication. A 55-month-old girl with acute promyelocytic leukemia M3 was in her last phase of treatment. Radiologic examination revealed an echo structure in the right atrium that was still present after 6 weeks of anticoagulation treatment with enoxaparin. Cardiac surgery was performed to remove the mass, which was found to be a calcified thrombus. Although this is a rare occurrence, recognition of the possibility of a calcified thrombus may minimize misdiagnosis and allow surgical retrieval if the thrombus is sufficiently large.