title: Severe thrombocytopenia complicating giant left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma.
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.
authors: Omar
authors: O
authors: Abdul-Jawad
authors: José A
authors: JA
authors: Barrabés
authors: Jaume
authors: J
authors: Figueras
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Peña-Gil
authors: Xavier
authors: X
authors: Peris
authors: Cinta
authors: C
authors: Llibre
authors: Marcos
authors: M
authors: Murtra
authors: David
authors: D
authors: García-Dorado
mesh_terms: 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