Myeloid sarcoma of the heart—A clinicopathological correlation
A 63-year-old woman with a history of acute myeloid leukemia followed by stem cell transplantation presented with acute heart failure. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction with severe ventricular hypertrophy and signs of elevated filling pressures indicating infiltrative cardiomyopathy. She died from cardiac arrest due to cardiogenic shock. The autopsy revealed an enlarged heart with a fish-flesh appearance. Here, we describe a rare case of a myeloid sarcoma of the heart.
Authors
- Cord Langner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0322-8460)
- Fotini R. Vagena
- Nicolas Verheyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7414-4056)
- Stefan Hatzl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6266-0512)
- Gerald Höefler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9056-3063)
- Martin Zacharias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-1047)
- Laura Scholz
- Kristijan Skok
Institutions
- Medical University of Graz (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-024-02478-3
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Medizinische Universität Graz