Severe thrombocytopenia complicating giant left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma

Omar Abdul-Jawad; José A Barrabés; Jaume Figueras; Carlos Peña-Gil; Xavier Peris; Cinta Llibre; Marcos Murtra; David García-Dorado

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.06.042

Severe thrombocytopenia complicating giant left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma

Int J Cardiol. 2011 Jul 1;150(1):e15-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.06.042. Epub 2009 Jul 12.

Authors

Omar Abdul-Jawad, José A Barrabés, Jaume Figueras, Carlos Peña-Gil, Xavier Peris, Cinta Llibre, Marcos Murtra, David García-Dorado

PMID: 19596157
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.06.042

Abstract

We report an adult patient with a large left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma causing intracardiac blood flow obstruction and thrombocytopenia, in whom platelet count normalized after surgical excision of the tumor. The patient presented a fatal intracranial hemorrhage 2 weeks after surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Heart Atria / pathology
Heart Neoplasms / complications
Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Heart Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Rhabdomyosarcoma / complications
Rhabdomyosarcoma / diagnosis*
Rhabdomyosarcoma / surgery
Severity of Illness Index*
Thrombocytopenia / complications
Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis*
Thrombocytopenia / surgery