A case of mesothelial/monocytic cardiac excrescence causing severe acute cardiopulmonary failure

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 564-567

  Pham, True Thanh ^a,c   Antons, Kenneth ^b   Shishido, Ralph ^b   Mullvain, Jeffrey ^b   Salem, Fakhri ^b   Haghighi, Parviz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary edema; Endocarditis; Mesothelial monocytic incidental cardiac excrescence; Nodular histiocytic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; FIBRIN;

AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOTHELIAL MONOCYTIC INCIDENTAL CARDIAC EXCRESCENCE; MESOTHELIUM CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EPITHELIUM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 15744372319     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000155165.78785.8b     Document Type: Article

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