Right atrial and ventricular masses of unknown origin.
Intracardiac masses can be characterized as thrombus, vegetation, or tumor. An 83-year-old man had mobile spheric masses in the right atrium and ventricle. The lesions resolved with prolonged anticoagulation, suggesting thrombi as the origin. Three-dimensional echocardiography was useful in further characterizing the morphology and extent of the lesions.
Wertman
Brett M
BM
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
Goland
Sorel
S
Davidson
Robert M
RM
Siegel
Robert J
RJ
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016280:Atrial Function, Right; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin