Left Atrial Thrombus Mimicking Myxoma Secondary to Rebound Hypercoagulable State
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Left atrial mass. Thrombus mimicking myxoma.
A 31-year-old woman underwent elective transthoracic echocardiography for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, which showed a large left atrial mass. A two-dimensional echocardiogram showed a large left atrium mass. Subsequent transesophageal echocardiography showed a 3 cm x 3 cm circular mass with smooth contours. The differential diagnosis included myxoma versus thrombus, but because of morphology...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Cases
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1923-4155,1923-4163
DOI: 10.14740/jmc3656