Witnessing a rare event - thrombus seeking its route in the right atrium: 'thrombus-in-transit'.
Pulmonary embolus and right atrial thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale is an unusual, rare condition. We report a case of impending paradoxical embolism with pulmonary embolism, in which a thrombus entrapped in a patent foramen ovale was detected. To our knowledge, this is the first case in the literature in which 'thrombus-in-transit' was detected in the right atrium both before and after entrapment in a patent foramen ovale.
Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
Cayan
C
Cakir
Hamza
H
Duygu
Nihan Kayha
NK
Eren
Zehra Ilke
ZI
Akyildiz
Cem
C
Nazli
Oktay
O
Ergene
D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin