In this case, a man with multiple cardiac symptoms suffers cardiac arrest during his medical evaluation, is revived, and is then treated for a very unusual tumor.
The patient was a 46-year-old, previously healthy man who presented with complaints of shortness of breath and chest heaviness. Further inquiry revealed generalized fatigue and numerous episodes of profuse sweating over the preceding 2 months. A review of systems was otherwise negative.
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–Evan L. Hardegree, MD, Sandeep M. Patel, MD, Joseph J. Maleszewski, MD, Rick A. Nishimura, MD, Diana S. Dean, MD
–This article originally appeared in the September 2012 issue of The American Journal of Medicine.
