title: Infective right atrial thrombus: a rare complication of total parenteral nutrition in an adult.
abstract: We describe a case of an infective right atrial thrombus, following total parenteral nutrition, in a 21-year-old woman undergoing a surgical procedure for long-standing chronic ulcerative colitis. She presented with high temperature and the illness did not respond to antibiotic therapy. A 2-dimensional echocardiogram showed a mobile right atrial mass that at surgery was identified as a thrombus. Thrombus cultures grew coagulase-negative Staphylococcus aureus.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Cardiologia, Ospedale di Nervi, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Badano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carratino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giunta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Calisi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lucatti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*