Embolus to the right atrium simulating myxoma
| Autor: | Umit T. Aker, Thomas A. Buckingham, George A. Williams, Harold L. Kennedy |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart Diseases Embolism Diagnosis Differential Heart Neoplasms Embolus Internal medicine medicine Humans Heart Atria cardiovascular diseases Aged Ultrasonography medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Angiography Myxoma General Medicine medicine.disease Thrombosis Pulmonary embolism Venous thrombosis cardiovascular system Cardiology Female Radiology Right Atrial Myxoma Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Cardiology. 7:59-63 |
| ISSN: | 1932-8737 0160-9289 |
| Popis: | Summary: A space-occupying mass of the right atrium was found by two-dimensional echocardiography and angiography in a 68-year-old woman whose clinical diagnosis indicated multiple pulmonary emboli. Since right heart myxomas frequently cause pulmonary thromboembolism, the patient was initially diagnosed by noninvasive and invasive techniques as having a right atrial myxoma. Surgery, however, revealed the pathologic findings of large thrombi of the right atrium, femoral and iliac veins, and pulmonary arteries. This case vividly demonstrates that deep venous thrombosis may embolize and lodge in the right atrial cavity simulating a right atrial myxoma. |
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