Embolus in transit.
A patient who presented with recurrent syncopal episodes was discovered to have a right-sided heart mass, which was revealed as an embolus in transit resulting in a lethal pulmonary embolic event. The initial focus of etiology on tumor rather than thrombus was misleading. A higher index of suspicion of thrombus in right heart mass may help future patients receive more directed therapy.
Dejecacion
Jodie
J
Department of Family Medicine, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Veselka
Deanne
D
Ragain
Michael
M
Jenkins
Leigh Ann
LA
Meyerrose
Gary
G
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology