Severe thrombocytopenia complicating giant left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma.
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.
Abdul-Jawad
Omar
O
Barrabés
José A
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Figueras
Jaume
J
Peña-Gil
Carlos
C
Peris
Xavier
X
Llibre
Cinta
C
Murtra
Marcos
M
García-Dorado
David
D
D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery