Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy Caused by Intracardiac Mesothelioma
Thursday, November 30th, 2006.
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals.. 2006 Dec;14(6):517-9. [Link]
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
1 Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
For reprint information contact: Yiming Ni, MD Tel/fax: 86 571 8723 6645 Email: Ni_yiming@hotmail.com, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China.
Abstract
We report a case of intracardiac mesothelioma complicated by chronic disseminated intravascular coagulopathy in a 50-year-old woman. Her symptoms were completely relieved by emergency resection of the tumor. Primary resection of the intracardiac mesothelioma is adequate treatment for this complicated surgical problem.
Glossary
- resection
- surgery to remove part or all of an organ or other structure.
- oncology
- (on-call-o-jee) the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
- tumor
- an abnormal lump or mass of tissue. Tumors can be benign (not cancerous) or malignant (cancerous).
- mesothelioma
- a tumor derived from mesothelial tissue, such as the peritoneum (lining the abdomen) or pleura (lining the lungs). More on mesothelioma.
