title: [Thrombocytopenia and disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with left atrial myxoma--a case report].
abstract: A case of a 47-year-old man, a Jehovah's Witness, with left atrial myxoma is presented. Clinical presentation included several months of thrombocytopenia and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Deterioration of heart failure was complicated by pneumonia and worsening of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Therapeutic challenges related to patient's religious beliefs are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych, Zawodowych i Nadciśnienia Tetniczego, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kucharski
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kosmala
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silber
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poreba
authors.forename: Bartłomiej
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zych
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zembala
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*