CASE REPORT Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Involving the Heart

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  • Louis P. DEHNER
چکیده

A 12-year-old girl, who had had an above-knee amputation of the left leg for a soft tissue sarcoma six years prior to this admission, presented with syncope, angina, and signs of aortic stenosis. Echocardiography demonstrated a mass arising from the interventricular septum with obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract and aortic valve. Cardiac catheterization and angiography con-

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تاریخ انتشار 2005