[A large thrombus in the right atrium and in the inferior vena cava associated with a portal vein thrombosis in a patient with hepatic cirrhosis - a case report].
A case of a 54-year-old female with hepatic cirrhosis, who developed a large thrombus in the inferior vena cava that extended up to the right atrium and was associated with a portal vein thrombosis. She was admitted to our hospital because of symptoms of overt heart failure. A two-dimensional echocardiogram demonstrated a large mass in the right atrium originated from the inferior vena cava system. Computed tomography scans revealed tumor of the liver and a portal vein thrombosis. The patient was discharged on oral anticoagulation. Her remaining 1-year course has been uncomplicated.
Wozakowska-Kapłon
Beata
B
I Oddział Kardiologii, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Kielce. bw.kaplon@poczta.onet.pl
Sosnowska-Pasiarska
Barbara
B
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
D000925:Anticoagulants