Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11018041 | Revista Española de Patología | 2018 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Not only ae cardiac hibernomas rare, ante-mortem diagnosis is poor, due to the clinical and radiological similarity with other intracardiac masses. Furthermore, cardiac hibernomas can be asymptomatic and thus escape detection with imaging studies. We present a case of an 81-year-old woman who died as a result of pulmonary tumor embolism. This unusual case highlights the necessity for clinicians and pathologists to be familiar with intra-cardiac neoplasms. We discuss its diagnostic difficulty and the complication of pulmonary tumor embolism.
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Authors
Carolina Montecino Romanini, Armando Reques Llanos, Inés de Torres RamÃrez, Jaime RodrÃguez Morera, Jordi Temprana Salvador, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Ángel GarcÃa Jiménez,