Inferior vena cava obstruction by a cardiac mass: unusual presentation of primary antiphospholipid syndrome.
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
; 59(3): 182-3, 2011 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
We present a previously healthy 43-year-old woman with a cardiac mass that caused almost total occlusion of the inferior vena cava at its junction with the right atrium. The resected mass proved to be a thrombus. Preoperative imaging tests could not distinguish it from other intracardiac tumors such as myxoma. A postoperative immunological study revealed a primary antiphospholipid syndrome. This case presents an unusual diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome and a rare location of a cardiac thrombus.
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Assunto principal:
Trombose
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Síndrome Antifosfolipídica
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Cardiopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article