Young asthmatic woman with dyspnea of very unusual etiology
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rare tumors, cardiac tumors, myxofibrosarcoma, cardiac sarcoma.Abstract
We present the case of a 36-year-old woman with a history of bronchial asthma who presented progressive dyspnea without improvement, despite intensive steroid and bronchodilator treatment. In view of the multiple consultations in the Emergency Room, admission to Internal Medicine was decided for study. After the initial approach, and always focused on his asthmatic background, it was a surprise to find the true cause of dyspnea: an infiltrating malignant cardiac tumor of the left atrium of sarcomatous lineage, which despite being operated on, led the patient to death.
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