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Necrotic cardiac haemangioma masquerading as sepsis
with disseminated intravascular coagulation
TS Tse, KL Tsui, LC Ling, WH Chui, MC Choi,
SK Li, CSW Chiu
Department of Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital,
Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Cardiac haemangiomas are exceptionally rare benign vascular
tumours. We report a case of cardiac haemangioma presenting with
pyrexia of unknown origin and clinical features simulating sepsis
with disseminated intravascular coagulation. The clinical course
was complicated by systemic embolism.
Hong Kong Med J 2005;11:308-10
Key words: Disseminated intravascular coagulation;
Heart neoplasms; Hemangioma; Sepsis
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