A case of a right atrial and inferior vena caval thrombus resembling a right atrial myxoma

J Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2010 Jun;18(2):58-61. doi: 10.4250/jcu.2010.18.2.58. Epub 2010 Jun 30.

Abstract

A right atrial and inferior vena caval thrombus in a structurally normal heart is a very rare condition. We report a case of such a thrombus in a 66-year-old woman. She was admitted to our hospital with recent onset dyspnea. Based on echocardiography, we suspected that she had myxoma. We performed an excision of a mass, which was found, by pathologic examination, to be an organized mural thrombus.

Keywords: Inferior vena cava; Myxoma; Right atrium; Thrombi.

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