Cardiac Chloroma Clinically Resembling Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Setting  

作　　者：Albert Pons Escoda Diego Nova Vaca Lucía Aja Rodríguez Matías De Albert de Delás Vigo Fernando Fernández Alarza 

机构地区：[1]Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

出　　处：《World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases》2014年第3期106-108,共3页心血管病（英文）

摘　　要：We report the case of a 52-year-old man with a history of acute myeloid leukemia who presented to the emergency room with fatigue, dyspnea and chest pain. Initial routine examination showed signs of right heart failure. A CT was requested to rule out pulmonary embolism. The imaging revealed the presence of a cardiac infiltrative mass involving the heart’s right free wall that proved to be a chloroma.We report the case of a 52-year-old man with a history of acute myeloid leukemia who presented to the emergency room with fatigue, dyspnea and chest pain. Initial routine examination showed signs of right heart failure. A CT was requested to rule out pulmonary embolism. The imaging revealed the presence of a cardiac infiltrative mass involving the heart’s right free wall that proved to be a chloroma.

关 键 词：Acute MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA CHLOROMA Granulocytic SARCOMA Heart 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]