[Hematoma of right ventricular outflow tract mimicking an infiltrating tumor as a consequence of acute aortic dissection].
The aortic dissection may be associated with unusual complications such as fistula formation and vascular compression. We describe a case of a 71-year-old patient admitted to our Hospital because of acute chest pain; transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed the presence of a type A aortic dissection associated with a mass infiltrating the right ventricular outflow and proximal tract of the pulmonary artery. The ultrasonographic morphology and the surgical findings showed the presence of a hematoma which was consequent to acute aortic dissection and which mimicked a tumor infiltrating the right ventricular outflow.
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U.O. di Malattie Cardiovascolari, Ospedale Civile, Volterra, Pisa.
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Baldini
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Ballestra
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*