Open AccessDIAGNOSIS AND EMERGENCY SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GIANT LEFT ATRIAL SARCOMA: CLINICAL CASES
Author(s) -
Г.Е. Гогин,
Natalia Eremina,
А. В. Молочков,
М Н Алехин
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sibirskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2073-8552
DOI - 10.29001/2073-8552-2019-34-1-130-136
Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , concomitant , pathological , left atrium , radiology , sarcoma , surgical emergency , cardiology , surgery , pathology , atrial fibrillation
We present two clinical cases of the late primary diagnosis of cardiac sarcoma with an unusual intracavitary growth in the left atrium with the left atrioventricular orifice obstruction requiring an emergency surgical intervention. A variety of concomitant clinical symptoms that mask the underlying pathological process and impede differential diagnosis has been described.