[Hematoma of right ventricular outflow tract mimicking an infiltrating tumor as a consequence of acute aortic dissection]

Ital Heart J Suppl. 2001 Apr;2(4):418-20.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The aortic dissection may be associated with unusual complications such as fistula formation and vascular compression. We describe a case of a 71-year-old patient admitted to our Hospital because of acute chest pain; transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed the presence of a type A aortic dissection associated with a mass infiltrating the right ventricular outflow and proximal tract of the pulmonary artery. The ultrasonographic morphology and the surgical findings showed the presence of a hematoma which was consequent to acute aortic dissection and which mimicked a tumor infiltrating the right ventricular outflow.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / complications*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnosis*
  • Aortic Dissection / complications*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hematoma / diagnosis*
  • Hematoma / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating*
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnosis*
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology*