| CLINICAL CASE REPORT BASED STUDY |
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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 326-328 |
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Vascular purpura revealing a severe dilated cardiomyopathy with left ventricular apical thrombus
Aurélien Seemann1, Nicolas De Prost1, Marie-Thérèse Paoletti2, Emilie Sbidian3, Christian Brun-Buisson1, Laurence Valeyrie-Allanore3
1 Service de Réanimation médicale, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
2 Service d'anatomo-pathologie, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
3 Service de Dermatologie, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
Correspondence Address:
Aurélien Seemann
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Henri Mondor Hospital, Medical Intensive Care Unit, 51, Avenue du Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Créteil Cedex
France
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-3583.102724 PMID: 23233780
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We present a case of vascular purpura revealing an intra-cardiac left-sided thrombus complicating an end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy. Vascular purpura main etiologies encompass the wide spectrum of vasculitides and microvascularocclusion syndromes. Among them, cardiac embolism represents an unusual but potentially severe etiology. |
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