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Case Reports
. 2004;31(2):192-3.

Idiopathic organized thrombus of the tricuspid valve mimicking valvular tumor

Vito Paolillo  1 , Daniela Gastaldo, Antonio Barretta, Francisco Guerra
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Case Reports

Idiopathic organized thrombus of the tricuspid valve mimicking valvular tumor

Vito Paolillo et al. Tex Heart Inst J. 2004.
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Fig. 1 Right coronary angiograms show a mobile, ovoid, highly vascular mass (arrows). Diastolic (A) and systolic (B) images show the mobility of the tumor. Real-time motion image is available at texasheartinstitute.org/paolillo312.html. Contrast injection of the right coronary artery shows the dense opacification and vascularity of the tricuspid valve mass lesion.
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Fig. 2 Gross specimen shows the broad-based attachment (scale: centimeters).
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