[Thrombus or myxoma?].
A case of a 70 year old female with permanent atrial fibrillation and a history of stroke is presented. Echocardiography showed the presence of an oval mass in the left atrium which suggested thrombus or atrial myxoma. The patient underwent urgent cardiac surgery during which a long thrombus, originating from the left atrial appendage, was successfully removed.
Kuśmierczyk-Droszcz
Beata
B
Instytut Kardiologii, ul. Alpejska 42, 04-628 Warszawa. bkusmierczyk@ikard.pl
Michalak
Ewa
E
Wołczyk
Jerzy
J
Parulski
Adam
A
Hoffman
Piotr
P
D000368:Aged; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography