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Rare cardiac myeloid sarcoma causes fatal cardiogenic shock in a patient with AML.
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This report describes a rare case of myeloid sarcoma of the heart presenting as infiltrative cardiomyopathy and fatal acute heart failure.
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Myeloid sarcoma merits consideration in AML with acute HF; leaves open optimal diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
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.
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Skok et al. (2024) conducted a case report in Myeloid sarcoma of the heart (n=1). A 63-year-old woman with a history of acute myeloid leukemia presented with acute heart failure and died from cardiogenic shock, with autopsy revealing a rare myeloid sarcoma of the heart.
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