Journal article
Cardiac plasmacytoma
Abstract
A 69-year-old white woman presented with a 3-month history of progressive dyspnea, orthopnea, fatigue and weakness. Clinical, diagnostic imaging and echocardiographic investigations suggested an occult primary cancer with metastasis to the heart. The patient's condition deteriorated gradually, and she died 2 months later. At autopsy, a malignant tumor encasing the heart and a 1-cm solitary tumor nodule in the lower lobe of the left lung were …
Authors
Wong B; Teo K; Taylor D; Nguyen G-K
Journal
Cardiovascular Pathology, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 49–53
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2004
DOI
10.1016/s1054-8807(03)00095-4
ISSN
1054-8807