ABSTRACT
Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a very rare disease with a poor prognosis. We report a case of a patient with a primary cardiac angiosarcoma who presented with cardiac tamponade; the angiosarcoma was successfully resected surgically.
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Humans , Cardiac Tamponade , Heart Neoplasms , Hemangiosarcoma , Pericardial Effusion , Prognosis , Rare DiseasesABSTRACT
Hantavirus is known to a causative agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and it can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare disease in Korea. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is usually associated with pulmonary hemorrhage and fever. The common hematologic features of this syndrome are elevated hematocrit level, leukocytosis and thrombocytopenia. We report a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome with pancytopenia. This patient with severe neutropenia with pulmonary infiltration mimicked aplastic anemia with invasive aspergillosis.
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Humans , Anemia , Anemia, Aplastic , Aspergillosis , Fever , Orthohantavirus , Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome , Hematocrit , Hemorrhage , Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome , Korea , Leukocytosis , Neutropenia , Pancytopenia , Rare Diseases , ThrombocytopeniaABSTRACT
Kidney involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is common. The incidence of venous thrombosis in SLE ranges from 5-15%, and venous thrombosis in lupus nephritis associated with nephritic syndrome or antiphospholipid antibody syndrome is reported in 30-35%. Lupus nephritis with nephrotic syndrome is not infrequently encountered at the point of diagnosis of SLE, but venous thrombosis as the first manifestation of SLE is rare. Herein we present our clinical experience with a case of multiple venous thrombosis with nephrotic-range proteinuria as the first manifestation of lupus nephritis.