TITLE:
Cardiac Chloroma Clinically Resembling Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Setting
AUTHORS:
Albert Pons Escoda, Diego Nova Vaca, Lucía Aja Rodríguez, Matías De Albert de Delás Vigo, Fernando Fernández Alarza
KEYWORDS:
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia; Chloroma; Granulocytic Sarcoma; Heart
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Vol.4 No.3,
March
19,
2014
ABSTRACT: We report the case of a 52-year-old man with a history of acute myeloid
leukemia who presented to the emergency room with
fatigue, dyspnea and chest pain. Initial routine examination showed signs of
right heart failure. A CT was requested to
rule out pulmonary embolism. The imaging revealed the presence of a cardiac
infiltrative mass involving the heart’s right free wall that proved to be a
chloroma.