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Left Atrial Thrombus Mimicking Myxoma After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Is the Multimodality Imaging Always
Michal Hulman1, Panagiotis Artemiou1, Stefan Durdik2
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Abstract:
We present a case of left atrial thrombus mimicking myxoma after orthotopic heart transplantation. Multimodality imaging established the diagnosis of atrial myxoma, and the patient was treated accordingly, but the definite diagnosis after surgical excision and histology showed left atrial thrombus. This report demonstrates the limitations of multimodality diagnosis in tumors with features highly suggestive of an atrial myxoma.
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