Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma

Italian Journal of Medicine

Alfonso Sforza¹  Maria Viviana Carlino¹  Enrico Giuseppe Ruggiero¹  Giampiero Foccillo²  Giovanni Albano³  Maria Immacolata Arnone³  Giuliano De Stefano³  Costantino Mancusi³  Federica De Pisapia³ 

[1] Emergency Department CTO, Napoli;Emergency Department, San Paolo Hospital, Napoli;Hypertension Research Center, Federico II University Hospital, Napoli;

关键词: Point of care ultrasound;    emergency ultrasound;    dyspnea;    atrial sarcoma;    integrated ultrasound.;   

DOI  :  10.4081/itjm.2019.1081

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We describe a rare case of a 65-year-old patient presented to Emergency Department for acute dyspnea. Traditional diagnostic work-up was done and the emergency physician promptly performed a bedside point-of-care ultrasound. A giant mass in the left atrium was detected with impairing of mitral valve function. The patient was then sent to cardiac surgery department with a final diagnosis of high-grade cardiac sarcoma.

【 授权许可】

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