Infective right atrial thrombus: a rare complication of total parenteral nutrition in an adult.
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.
Badano
L
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Servizio di Cardiologia, Ospedale di Nervi, Genova, Italy.
Carratino
L
L
Giunta
L
L
Calisi
P
P
Lucatti
A
A
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*