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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is an uncommon spindle cell tumor, occurring mainly in children and young adults. It is an extremely rare cardiac tumor especially patients under 1 year. Although it is benign, the tumor may be very aggressive locally. The diagnosis of this unusual pediatric
We report the second case of a right-to-left interatrial shunt due to a carcinoid tumor, which was successfully corrected by surgery. The patient had closure of a patent foramen ovale and tricuspid valve replacement. One and a half years after surgery, the patient had no symptoms related to heart
A young woman with hypoplastic right heart syndrome developed a carotid body tumor at age 28. High altitude habitation is known to predispose to hyperplastic and neoplastic carotid bodies; emphysema and congenital cyanotic heart disease have recently been shown to induce hyperplasia of this
M. bovis strain Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has been the only licensed live attenuated vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) for nearly one century and has also been approved as a therapeutic vaccine for bladder cancer treatment since 1990. During its long time usage, different adverse events (AEs)
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Overwhelming post-splenectomy sepsis is defined as septicaemia and/or meningitis, usually fulminant, occurring days to several years after removal of the spleen. We report a case of a fulminant pneumococcal sepsis with a fatal outcome, occurring 11 years after distal pancreatectomy and
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Methemoglobinemia is a rare disorder most commonly associated with the ingestion or topical application of an offending exogenous agent. The clinical consequences of acute methemoglobinemia can be devastating and include lethargy, headache, and dyspnea and, as methemoglobin concentrations
A case of an eighteen-month-old-infant who died in narcosis following an aortic obstruction by myxomatous tumour of the left ventricle is reported. Since his birth the infant exhibited cyanosis fits and cerebral manifestations due to an intermittent occlusion of the aorta. The result of the
Positional cyanosis is an uncommon finding in young patients. We report three infants who presented with positional cyanosis due to a pedunculated tumour in the right heart. Arterial desaturation was the result of right-to-left shunting at the level of the oval foramen caused by obstruction and/or
It is also common to observe skin manifestations in many internal malignancies. The lung cancer is a frequently seen internal cancer. Due to its gradually increasing incidence, it has become the first reason of death from cancer also in women by overtaking the breast cancer. Although pathognomonic
Primary cardiac tumours are uncommon entities, and myxoma is the most common, comprising about 50% of all these neoplasms. A case of a 43-year-old woman with right atrial myxoma and a shunt through a patent foramen ovale producing severe cyanosis is reported.