A rare presentation of acute heart failure secondary to aggressive uterine leiomyosarcoma metastatic to the myocardium initially diagnosed as hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Uterine sarcoma is the cause of 3-9% of all uterine malignant neoplasms and has a 2-fold higher incidence in black women as compared to white women. Cellular atypia and abundant mitoses (≥10 per 10 high power fields) as seen in this patient are associated with an increased risk for metastases. Metas...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of translational medicine 2016, Vol.4 (19), p.374-374
Hauptverfasser:	Karass, Michael, Mondal, Pratik, Alkayem, Mohammad, Ojo, Amole, Aronow, Wilbert S, Puccio, Carmelo
Format:	Report
Sprache:	eng
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