title: Right atrial ball thrombus after an intraatrial repair in a 3-year-old girl.
abstract: We describe the case of a 3-year-old girl who presented with a large, mobile, ball mass in the right atrium on routine transthoracic echocardiography at one year after an intraatrial repair. Considering the risk of pulmonary embolization, emergent surgery was successfully performed to remove the mass, and histopathological examination revealed that it was a ball thrombus with a fibrin clot.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. Electronic address: mkimura774@med.tohoku.ac.jp.
authors: Masato
authors: M
authors: Kimura
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan.
authors: Hisao
authors: H
authors: Yaoita
authors: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan.
authors: Osam
authors: O
authors: Adachi
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan.
authors: Shigeo
authors: S
authors: Kure
mesh_terms: D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Anticoagulation; Ball thrombus; Intraatrial repair; Myxoma