Complete remission of immune thrombocytopenia in a 30-year old woman after excision of a right atrial myxoma

Pauline Durand; Adeline Furudoi; Marie Parrens; Estibaliz Lazaro; Jean-François Viallard; Etienne Rivière

doi:10.1111/bjh.16135

Complete remission of immune thrombocytopenia in a 30-year old woman after excision of a right atrial myxoma

Br J Haematol. 2019 Oct;187(1):e18-e19. doi: 10.1111/bjh.16135. Epub 2019 Aug 6.

Authors

Pauline Durand¹, Adeline Furudoi^{2

3}, Marie Parrens^{2

3}, Estibaliz Lazaro^{1

4

5}, Jean-François Viallard^{1

6

7}, Etienne Rivière^{1

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Department, Haut-Leveque Hospital, University Hospital Centre of Bordeaux, Pessac, France.
² Pathology Department, Haut-Leveque Hospital, University Hospital Centre of Bordeaux, Pessac, France.
³ INSERM U1053, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
⁴ UMR CNRS 5164, ImmunoconcEpT & FHU ACRONIM, Bordeaux, France.
⁵ University of Bordeaux, UMR CNRS 5164 ImmunoconcEpT & FHU ACRONIM, Bordeaux, France.
⁶ INSERM, Cardiovascular Adaptation to Ischemia, U1034, Pessac, France.
⁷ University of Bordeaux, Cardiovascular Adaptation to Ischemia, U1034, Pessac, France.

PMID: 31388989
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.16135

No abstract available

Keywords: Antiphospholipid antibodies; cardiac myxoma; immune thrombocytopenia; interleukin-6; tumour-associated macrophages.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Heart Atria
Heart Neoplasms / complications
Heart Neoplasms / pathology
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Humans
Myxoma / complications
Myxoma / pathology
Myxoma / surgery*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / etiology
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / etiology*
Remission Induction