title: Dilemma in clinical diagnosis of right ventricular masses.
abstract: Detection of an intracardiac mass always represents a clinical challenge. We present a 61-year-old female patient with symptoms of New York Heart Association class III. Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography revealed a hypoechogenic mass in the cavity of the dilated right ventricle (RV). Cardiac MRI described a pathologic structure of the RV free wall with pedunculated tumor in its cavity. Three months later, on a repeated echocardiography, there were three individual masses. The patient underwent surgery and the pathohistologic report demonstrated thrombotic masses. During the postoperative period, after reviewing all medical records, the conclusion was arrhythmogenic RV cardiomyopathy. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 45:362-369, 2017.
authors.affiliation: Health Centre Osijek, Croatia.|J.J. Strossmayer University, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Croatia.
authors.forename: Livija
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sušić
authors.affiliation: J.J. Strossmayer University, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Croatia.|University Hospital Centre Osijek, Croatia.
authors.forename: Vedrana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baraban
authors.affiliation: J.J. Strossmayer University, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Croatia.|University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Josip
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vincelj
authors.affiliation: J.J. Strossmayer University, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Croatia.|University Hospital Centre Osijek, Croatia.
authors.forename: Lana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maričić
authors.affiliation: J.J. Strossmayer University, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Croatia.|University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Jasmina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ćatić
authors.affiliation: J.J. Strossmayer University, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Croatia.|University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blažeković
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.|University of Zagreb, Faculty of Medicine, Croatia.
authors.forename: Spomenka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manojlović
mesh_terms: D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; cardiac tumor; heart failure