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

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
Case Reports

Severe thrombocytopenia complicating giant left atrial rhabdomyosarcoma

Omar Abdul-Jawad et al. Int J Cardiol. .

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.

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