title: Diagnostic dilemma: Intracardiac mass in a woman with Behçet's syndrome.
abstract: Intracardiac thrombosis is a rare manifestation of cardiac involvement in Behçet's disease, and it may be mistaken for a heart tumor. In this letter we present the case of a patient diagnosed with Behçet's disease who was incidentally found to have a mass in the right atrium suspicious of a cardiac tumor. Nevertheless, cardiac magnetic resonance showed a cardiac thrombus. Immunosuppressive therapy and anticoagulation were effective for thrombus resolution.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Division, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: Edilberto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Núñez-Cabarcas
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia. Electronic address: nlopez@hptu.org.co.
authors.forename: Nilson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: López-Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Division, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Rincón
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Behçet syndrome; Cardiopatías; Colombia; Echocardiography; Ecocardiografía; Heart diseases; Imagen por resonancia magnética; Magnetic resonance imaging; Síndrome de Behçet; Thrombosis; Trombosis