Detection of right atrial mass by echocardiography in pulmonary thromboembolism.
An echodense mass in the right atrium was detected incidentally by two-dimensional echocardiography (ECHO) in a patient with clinical suggestions of cardiogenic shock. Autopsy revealed a cylindrical thrombus extending from the right atrium through a patent foramen ovale, and bilateral massive pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Pulmonary thromboembolism should be one of the differential diagnoses in patients with an echodense mass in the right heart.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology