Ghost Face on a Left Atrial Thrombus in a Young Lady of Bangladesh ! ! !
| Autor: | Aym Shahidullah, KS Islam, MA Quashem |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Mitral valve replacement Atrial fibrillation General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Stenosis Left atrial Internal medicine cardiovascular system medicine Cardiology Sputum Histopathology cardiovascular diseases Thrombus medicine.symptom business Left atrial thrombus circulatory and respiratory physiology |
| Zdroj: | Cardiovascular Journal. 5:120-122 |
| ISSN: | 2309-6357 2071-0917 |
| DOI: | 10.3329/cardio.v5i1.12283 |
| Popis: | A 36 years old married female with children from a district of Bangladesh had been suffering from mitral stenosis with atrial fibrillation ( AF) with left atrial (LA) thrombus & active pulmonary tuberculosis under anti-TB drugs. She presented with shortness of breath ( SOB), blood mixed sputum & right lower limb pain for 14 days which was later diagnosed as thromboembolism with acute limb ischemia. LA clot was removed by open heart surgery. Three masses of clots were removed, one ball thrombus, another irregular mass taking the shape of LA appendage and the other is a mixture of old and fresh thrombus. Patient underwent mitral valve replacement (MVR). One side of the irregular thrombus showed the impression of a human face (? Ghost). Histopathology confirmed them as thrombi. Patient was discharged home on the 8th post operative day. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cardio.v5i1.12283 Cardiovasc. j. 2012; 5(1): 120-122 |
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