title: Transesophageal echocardiographic detection of thrombus superimposed on metastatic left atrial tumor.
abstract: We present a 32-year-old male with metastatic thymic carcinoma invading the left atrium in whom two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography was able to differentiate a thrombus superimposed on the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Lancelot
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: Saleem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raslan
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Kanti K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Sunkavalli
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Khwaja Sami
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Alim
authors.forename: Pohoey
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*