Fung Kenneth, Edmondson Stephen, Wald David S
Department of Cardiology, London Chest Hospital, London E2 9JX, UK.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
JRSM Open. 2014 Nov 4;5(11):2054270414550977. doi: 10.1177/2054270414550977. eCollection 2014 Nov.
We describe the case of a 48-year-old woman whose atrial myxoma was mistaken for vasculitis. The case report highlights the reasons why these two disorders may become confused, the dangers of initiating the wrong treatment and a simple means of avoiding misdiagnosis.
我们描述了一例48岁女性的病例,其心房黏液瘤曾被误诊为血管炎。该病例报告强调了这两种疾病可能被混淆的原因、采用错误治疗方法的危险性以及一种避免误诊的简单方法。