Unusual survival time of primary cardiac sarcoma of the right ventricle

Primary cardiac sarcomas are rare tumors with unfavorable prognosis. We report a 69-year-old male with a right ventricular mass diagnosed as primary malignant cardiac sarcoma with unexpected long survival of 16.5 months

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation presenting with severe hypoxemia

To report a case of right pulmonary arteriovenous malformation [PAVM] affecting the right upper lobe, following the incidence of empyema thoracis in the contralateral lung. A 19-year-old, previously healthy male presented with acute respiratory distress, left pleuritic chest pain, fever and hypoxemia. Clinical findings, laboratory and radiological examinations including pulmonary angiogram were consistent with the diagnosis of left pneumonia complicated with parapneumonic pleura! effusion and right upper lobe PAVM. The patient was intubated and ventilated because of persistent hypoxemia. He was successfully treated by percutaneous transcatheter embolization. This case shows that percutaneous transcatheter embolization is a safe and effective first option for the treatment of PAVM

Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile illness that affects mainly children specially young infants. There is yet no diagnostic test available because the aetiology is unknown. There are accepted clinical criteria for diagnosis, and the cases that do not fulfill these criteria are labeled as atypical Kawasaki disease. Coronary lesions occur as a sequelae to this illness in 10-20% of patients. This disease is managed by the paediatrician initially and followed up later by the paediatric cardiologist