Severe thrombocytopenia complicating giant left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma.
Abdul-Jawad, Omar;Barrabés, José A;Figueras, Jaume;Peña-Gil, Carlos;Peris, Xavier;Llibre, Cinta;Murtra, Marcos;García-Dorado, David;
International journal of cardiology2011Vol. 150pp. e15-6
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abduljawad2011severeinternational
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.