title: Twenty-five-year-old man with a giant left ventricular mass.
abstract: We report a rare case of a massive 7- x 3.25-cm thrombus in the left ventricle of a 25-year-old man. He presented with a subacute febrile illness for 1 month with a sudden worsening respiratory distress and chest pain. His initial evaluation in the emergency department diagnosed an interstitial lung process. Two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a previously undiagnosed cardiomyopathy and a massive left ventricular thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Polly A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Douglas S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Segar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology