Extensive systemic thrombo-embolism including intra-cardiac thrombosis mimicking an atrial myxoma in a patient with beta thalassaemia major – a case report

BACKGROUND: Sepsis and thrombo-embolic disease are well known complications of thalassemia major. Intracardiac thrombi are however rare and can lead to diagnostic dilemmas. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 20-year-old female splenectomised thalassaemia major patient with severe iron overlo...

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Autores principales: Welhenge, Chiranthi, Ranasinghe, Rumesh, Rajapakse, Sanjeewa, Premawardhena, Anuja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10619236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37907862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03576-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10619236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37907862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03576-2

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