Catheter-related giant right atrial thrombosis mimicking a myxoma: A case report

In conclusion, differentiating intracardiac right atrial masses (RAMs) could may prove challenging. In our patient, clinical presentation and the preoperative investigations could not differentiate the right atrial thrombus from a myxoma, and only the postoperative histopathology diagnosis was able to guide correct diagnosis.PMID:33936260 | PMC:PMC8082616 | DOI:10.3892/etm.2021.10035

Source: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine - May 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ovidiu Stiru Razvan Dragulescu Roxana Carmen Geana Andreea Chibulcutean Laura Raducu Adrian Tulin Andra Balcangiu Stroescu Camelia Diaconu Cornel Savu Nicolae Bacalbasa Irina Balescu Vlad Anton Iliescu Source Type: research