Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary mucormycotic embolism

Described here is a rare cardiac complication attributed to mucormycosis in a 63-year-old woman who developed sudden cardiac arrest and pulmonary insufficiency in the course of being treated for acute monocytic leukemia (acute myelogenous leukemia, AML M5a). At autopsy, fresh thrombi were noted in t...

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Autores principales: Kitazawa, Sohei, Kitazawa, Riko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9843208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36660736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01686
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description Described here is a rare cardiac complication attributed to mucormycosis in a 63-year-old woman who developed sudden cardiac arrest and pulmonary insufficiency in the course of being treated for acute monocytic leukemia (acute myelogenous leukemia, AML M5a). At autopsy, fresh thrombi were noted in the left pulmonary artery and the left atrium. Postmortem coronary angiography revealed complete occlusion of the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery, and histological examination showed a mucormycotic embolism in the corresponding portion. Multiple small mucormycotic thrombi were also noted in both coronary and pulmonary arteries with hemorrhagic infarction in the corresponding areas.
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spelling pubmed-98432082023-01-18 Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary mucormycotic embolism Kitazawa, Sohei Kitazawa, Riko IDCases Case Report Described here is a rare cardiac complication attributed to mucormycosis in a 63-year-old woman who developed sudden cardiac arrest and pulmonary insufficiency in the course of being treated for acute monocytic leukemia (acute myelogenous leukemia, AML M5a). At autopsy, fresh thrombi were noted in the left pulmonary artery and the left atrium. Postmortem coronary angiography revealed complete occlusion of the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery, and histological examination showed a mucormycotic embolism in the corresponding portion. Multiple small mucormycotic thrombi were also noted in both coronary and pulmonary arteries with hemorrhagic infarction in the corresponding areas. Elsevier 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9843208/ /pubmed/36660736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01686 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary mucormycotic embolism
title_full Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary mucormycotic embolism
title_fullStr Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary mucormycotic embolism
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title_short Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary mucormycotic embolism
title_sort acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary mucormycotic embolism
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9843208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36660736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01686
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