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Primary Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Heart: A Case Report, with Autopsy
Author(s) -
Khanna Sushila,
Khanna M. N.,
Rastogi B. L.,
Chaturvedi V. C.,
Gupta S. K.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1976.tb03229.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rhabdomyosarcoma , autopsy , primary (astronomy) , heart neoplasms , general surgery , medical emergency , pathology , cardiology , sarcoma , physics , astronomy
A case of rhabdomyosarcoma of the heart in a 45‐yeur‐old man is reported. The diagnosis was suspected because of refractory congestive cardiac failure, a bulge on the left cardiac border, and oesophageal displacement, and was confirmed histologically at necropsy.