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. 2009 Jan 8;2(1):31.
doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-31.

Thrombus or tumor? a case of fibroelastoma as indicated during the submission process

Enrico Vizzardi  1 , Pompilio Faggiano, Elena Antonioli, Gregoriana Zanini, Ermanna Chiari, Savina Nodari, Livio Dei Cas
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Thrombus or tumor? a case of fibroelastoma as indicated during the submission process

Enrico Vizzardi et al. Cases J. .

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.

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Evidence of a mass on the noncoronary aortic cusp.
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Evidence of a mass on the noncoronary aortic cusp.
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