Clinical and Experimental Medical Journal
Volume/Issue:
Volume 3: Issue 3
Right atrial mass in a patient with an indwelling central venous catheter
Authors:
Asli Tanindi Department of Cardiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Besevler Ankara, Turkey
Hirfanli sokak. 11/4, Gaziosmanpasa, 06700, Ankara, Turkey

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Ruya Mutluay Department of Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Yusuf Tavil Department of Cardiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Besevler Ankara, Turkey

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Pages:
505–508
Online Publication Date:
01 Sep 2009
Publication Date:
01 Sep 2009
Article Category:
Case Report
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/CEMED.3.2009.3.12
Keywords:
right atrial mass; cardiac thrombus; central venous catheter
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Abstract

Right atrial masses occur in different clinical conditions such as primary or secondary tumours of the heart, atrial thrombus formation and tricuspid valve vegetations. We describe a right atrial mass in a woman with a subclavian venous catheter which was diagnosed to be an organized calcified thrombus after surgical extraction. Thrombus is a common cause of an intracardiac mass, and indwelling central venous catheters especially if the tip is placed in the right atrium may cause abnormal mass formation consistent with a thrombus.

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Clinical and Experimental Medical Journal
Print ISSN:
2060-6249
Online ISSN:
2060-968X

Clinical and Experimental Medical Journal
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