TY - JOUR AU - Arnone, Maria Immacolata AU - Foccillo, Giampiero AU - De Pisapia, Federica AU - De Stefano, Giuliano AU - Albano, Giovanni AU - Carlino, Maria Viviana AU - Sforza, Alfonso AU - Ruggiero, Enrico Giuseppe AU - Mancusi, Costantino PY - 2019/03/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma JF - Italian Journal of Medicine JA - Ital J Med VL - 13 IS - 1 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.4081/itjm.2019.1081 UR - https://www.italjmed.org/ijm/article/view/itjm.2019.1081 SP - 45-47 AB - <p>We describe a rare case of a 65-year-old patient presented to Emergency Department for acute dyspnea. Traditional diagnostic work-up was done and the emergency physician promptly performed a bedside point-of-care ultrasound. A giant mass in the left atrium was detected with impairing of mitral valve function. The patient was then sent to cardiac surgery department with a final diagnosis of high-grade cardiac sarcoma.</p> ER -