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Primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma in a 45-year-old man presented with refractory congestive heart failure and a left cardiac border bulge, which was confirmed histologically at autopsy.
This case report describes a rare instance of primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the heart presenting as refractory congestive heart failure.
Consider primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma in refractory heart failure; case reports leave open questions on diagnosis and management.
A case of rhabdomyosarcoma of the heart in a 45-year-old man is reported. The diagnosis was suspected because of refractory congestive cardiac failure, a bulge on the left cardiac border, and was confirmed histologically at necropsy.
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Khanna et al. (1976) studied this question. Primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma in a 45-year-old man presented with refractory congestive heart failure and a left cardiac border bulge, which was confirmed histologically at autopsy.
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