An unusual right heart mass.
A mobile right atrial mass, prolapsing into the right ventricle and extending to the inferior vena cava, was unexpectedly discovered during a routine echocardiographic examination in a 53-year- old woman. A possible tumour was suspected, but no evidence of primary malignancy was detected in lungs, liver, kidneys and adrenal glands. The patient underwent surgery, and only histological examination of the mass provided a final diagnosis of thrombosis.
Zito
Concetta
C
Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University Hospital, Messina, Italy. tittizito@libero.it
Carerj
Scipione
S
Di Bella
Gianluca
G
Spinelli
Francesco
F
Cavallari
Vittorio
V
Coglitore
Sebastiano
S
Arrigo
Francesco
F
Oreto
Giuseppe
G
D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery