Carballo ERR, García HLR

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 92-97
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ABSTRACT

The primary tumours of the heart are very strange, around 25% are malignant and of them the sarcomas are the most frequent. We present a 63-years-old patient with right auricle tumour and metastasis lesions in pericardium and lungs. Severe pericardial effusion debuts and heart failure, very torpid evolution, and fatal outcome.

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