Atypical imaging presentation of a massive intracavitary cardiac thrombus: A case report and brief review of the literature.

CTA, CT angiography Cardiac mass ITP, immune thrombocytopenic purpura IV, intravenous SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus SSFP, steady state free precession TEE, transesophageal echocardiogram TTE, transthoracic echocardiogram Thrombus

Journal

Radiology case reports
ISSN: 1930-0433
Titre abrégé: Radiol Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101467888

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Historique:
received: 15 06 2021
revised: 28 06 2021
accepted: 29 06 2021
entrez: 17 8 2021
pubmed: 18 8 2021
medline: 18 8 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Intracavitary cardiac thrombi, uncommonly found in the right chambers, have been shown to form secondary to endocardial and myocardial diseases. The differential diagnosis for an intracavitary cardiac mass is broad, including primary cardiac tumors, cardiac metastases, anatomic variants, vegetations, and thrombi. Here we present a unique case with a large calcified intracavitary cardiac thrombus in a 26-year-old woman with obesity, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, and a new diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus. Initial imaging presentation in this case masqueraded as a tumor, delaying the true diagnosis. A combination of cardiac imaging techniques, including transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI were required to correctly diagnose this calcified bland thrombus.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34401011
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.06.089
pii: S1930-0433(21)00466-0
pmc: PMC8350016
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

2847-2852

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington.

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Auteurs

Georgia M Vasilakis (GM)

School of Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, WV, 26506, USA.

Dhairya A Lakhani (DA)

Department of Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.

Ayodele Adelanwa (A)

Department of Pathology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.

Jeffery P Hogg (JP)

Department of Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.

Cathy Kim (C)

Department of Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.
Section of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.

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