| Literature DB >> 31766884 |
Oluwaseun A Akinseye1, Mannu Nayyar1, Pranab Das1.
Abstract
We report a 54-year-old female with recently diagnosed multiple cardiac thrombi and pulmonary embolism that was treated with thrombolytics and anticoagulants. She presented again with worsening dyspnea and was found to have persistent large cardiac thrombi on echocardiogram. Surgical findings revealed a single right atrial mass originating from inferior vena cava and extending into the pulmonary artery. The mass was successfully removed. Final pathology revealed a benign smooth muscle and vascular mass with estrogen and progesterone receptor positivity favoring uterine intravenous leiomyoma. She was discharged on warfarin and leuprolide therapy. This diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion, especially in a middle-aged woman with right atrial mass and history of an existing leiomyoma, hysterectomy or myomectomy.Entities:
Keywords: cardiac masses; intravenous leiomyoma; pulmonary embolism; surgery; thrombosis
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31766884 DOI: 10.2217/fca-2019-0002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Future Cardiol ISSN: 1479-6678