title: A rare presentation of tricuspid valve thrombus in a normal heart.
abstract: A young woman presented with a presumptive diagnosis of tricuspid valve tumor in a structurally normal heart. She was recently started on oral progesterone for menorrhagia related to uterine fibroids. She underwent an excision of the mass attached to the tricuspid valve, which was found to be an organized thrombus. We suggest a clinical approach to this problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Brisbane, Australia. drpankajsaxena@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mejia
authors.forename: Robert K W
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Tam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology