title: Thrombus entrapped in tricuspid chordae masquerading as tumour.
abstract: We report on a 55-year-old man with effort dyspnoea that transesophageal echocardiography disclosed was due to a mass originating from the chorda of the tricuspid valve. Histological examination revealed the mass to be an organized thrombus without tumour components. This case illustrates the unusual presentation of a thrombus confined to the tricuspid chordae mimicking a chordae tumour.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Fars, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali Reza
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Moaref
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mollazadeh
authors.forename: Ahmad Ali
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Amirghofran
authors.forename: Mehra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Modjallal
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*