Leukemic Infiltration of Myocardium Presenting as Cardiac Arrest

Clinically significant myocardial infiltration by leukemic cells is a rare phenomenon. We describe a case of a 47-year-old woman with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia and pleuritic chest pain with rapid cardiopulmonary decompensation. Post-mortem analyses showed fibrinous pericarditis and exte...

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Autores principales: Torosyan, Nare, Gonzalez Mancera, Miguel S., Tourtellotte, Warren G., Kedan, Ilan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.01.033
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Sumario:Clinically significant myocardial infiltration by leukemic cells is a rare phenomenon. We describe a case of a 47-year-old woman with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia and pleuritic chest pain with rapid cardiopulmonary decompensation. Post-mortem analyses showed fibrinous pericarditis and extensive leukemic infiltration of the myocardium. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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