Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 26, 2026

Leveraging Turbidity and Thromboelastography for Complementary Clot Characterization
Published on: June 4, 2020
Thrombus or tumor? a case of fibroelastoma as indicated during the submission process
Enrico Vizzardi1, Pompilio Faggiano, Elena Antonioli
1Section of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Applied Experimental Medicine, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy. enrico.vizzardi@tin.it.
Abstract:
We describe the case of a 50-year-old woman who was admitted to a pheriferal department for heart failure. The echocardiography revealed a small mass measuring about 1.3 x 1.0 cm adhering to the non-coronary cusp of the aortic valve, mild dilated cardiomiopathy and severe biventricular dysfunction. This mass had erroneously been considered a thrombotic lesion, so the patient was treated with thrombolysis and heparin e.v. Only after a transoesophageal echocardiography a tumour cardiac mass was suspected. The diagnosis of fibroelastoma was confirmed by MRI and then from the anatomic and histoligical definition after surgery.
Related Concept Videos
Venous Thrombosis I: Introduction
Venous Thrombosis II: Clinical Manifestations and Diagnostic Studies
Pulmonary Embolism I: Introduction
Pulmonary Embolism I: Introduction
Venous Thrombosis III: Interprofessional Care
Clot Retraction and Fibrinolysis

