| Literature DB >> 28560753 |
Julián Vega Adauy1, Luigi Gabrielli1,2, Samuel Córdova1, Rodrigo Saavedra1, Paul McNab1.
Abstract
A 79 year-old-man presented three episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and weight loss. Endoscopy revealed bleeding and extrinsic compression at the pyloric region. Computed tomography scan showed a pancreatic tumor, peritoneal carcinomatosis, vascular infiltration, and incidentally found a partially calcified hypodense lesion of 35 mm in the left atrium, suggesting a myxoma or a thrombus. Echocardiography revealed moderate left atrium enlargement, dilated left atrial appendage with spontaneous echo contrast, moderate dilatation and dysfunction of the left ventricle, ejection fraction was 39%, and an atrial septal aneurysm in which a piriform, mass of 35×33×25 mm, was "sitting," suggesting an organized thrombus.Entities:
Keywords: atrial septal aneurysm; left atrial mass; three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography; thrombus
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28560753 DOI: 10.1111/echo.13574
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Echocardiography ISSN: 0742-2822 Impact factor: 1.724