Acute dyspnea in Emergency Department: point of care ultrasound in the diagnosis of atrial sarcoma

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Point of care ultrasound
• emergency ultrasound
• dyspnea
• atrial sarcoma
• integrated ultrasound.