Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma

We describe a rare case of a 65-year-old patient presented to Emergency Department for acute dyspnea. Traditional diagnostic work-up was done and the emergency physician promptly performed a bedside point-of-care ultrasound. A giant mass in the left atrium was detected with impairing of mitral valv...

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Main Authors:	Maria Immacolata Arnone, Giampiero Foccillo, Federica De Pisapia, Giuliano De Stefano, Giovanni Albano, Maria Viviana Carlino, Alfonso Sforza, Enrico Giuseppe Ruggiero, Costantino Mancusi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PAGEPress Publications 2019-03-01
Series:	Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:	Point of care ultrasound emergency ultrasound dyspnea atrial sarcoma integrated ultrasound.
Online Access:	https://italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/1081

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spelling	doaj-b869fc776a5b4c14a5062d719892548a2020-11-25T03:32:33ZengPAGEPress PublicationsItalian Journal of Medicine1877-93441877-93522019-03-0113110.4081/itjm.2019.1081Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcomaMaria Immacolata Arnone0Giampiero Foccillo1Federica De Pisapia2Giuliano De Stefano3Giovanni Albano4Maria Viviana Carlino5Alfonso Sforza6Enrico Giuseppe Ruggiero7Costantino Mancusi8Hypertension Research Center, Federico II University Hospital, NapoliEmergency Department, San Paolo Hospital, NapoliHypertension Research Center, Federico II University Hospital, NapoliHypertension Research Center, Federico II University Hospital, NapoliHypertension Research Center, Federico II University Hospital, NapoliEmergency Department CTO, NapoliEmergency Department CTO, NapoliEmergency Department CTO, NapoliHypertension Research Center, Federico II University Hospital, Napoli We describe a rare case of a 65-year-old patient presented to Emergency Department for acute dyspnea. Traditional diagnostic work-up was done and the emergency physician promptly performed a bedside point-of-care ultrasound. A giant mass in the left atrium was detected with impairing of mitral valve function. The patient was then sent to cardiac surgery department with a final diagnosis of high-grade cardiac sarcoma. https://italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/1081Point of care ultrasoundemergency ultrasounddyspneaatrial sarcomaintegrated ultrasound.
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author	Maria Immacolata Arnone Giampiero Foccillo Federica De Pisapia Giuliano De Stefano Giovanni Albano Maria Viviana Carlino Alfonso Sforza Enrico Giuseppe Ruggiero Costantino Mancusi
spellingShingle	Maria Immacolata Arnone Giampiero Foccillo Federica De Pisapia Giuliano De Stefano Giovanni Albano Maria Viviana Carlino Alfonso Sforza Enrico Giuseppe Ruggiero Costantino Mancusi Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma Italian Journal of Medicine Point of care ultrasound emergency ultrasound dyspnea atrial sarcoma integrated ultrasound.
author_facet	Maria Immacolata Arnone Giampiero Foccillo Federica De Pisapia Giuliano De Stefano Giovanni Albano Maria Viviana Carlino Alfonso Sforza Enrico Giuseppe Ruggiero Costantino Mancusi
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title	Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma
title_short	Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma
title_full	Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma
title_fullStr	Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma
title_full_unstemmed	Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma
title_sort	acute dyspnea in emergency department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma
publisher	PAGEPress Publications
series	Italian Journal of Medicine
issn	1877-9344 1877-9352
publishDate	2019-03-01
description	We describe a rare case of a 65-year-old patient presented to Emergency Department for acute dyspnea. Traditional diagnostic work-up was done and the emergency physician promptly performed a bedside point-of-care ultrasound. A giant mass in the left atrium was detected with impairing of mitral valve function. The patient was then sent to cardiac surgery department with a final diagnosis of high-grade cardiac sarcoma.
topic	Point of care ultrasound emergency ultrasound dyspnea atrial sarcoma integrated ultrasound.
url	https://italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/1081
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Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma

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