title: An unusual right heart mass.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University Hospital, Messina, Italy. tittizito@libero.it
authors.forename: Concetta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zito
authors.forename: Scipione
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carerj
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Bella
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cavallari
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coglitore
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arrigo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oreto
mesh_terms: 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