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Atrial myxoma masquerading as Takayasu’s arteritis

We describe the case of a 48-year-old woman whose atrial myxoma was mistaken for vasculitis. The case report highlights the reasons why these two disorders may become confused, the dangers of initiating the wrong treatment and a simple means of avoiding misdiagnosis.

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Published in:JRSM Open
Main Authors: Fung, Kenneth, Edmondson, Stephen, Wald, David S
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: SAGE Publications 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228930/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25408917
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054270414550977
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