A recurrent right atrial thrombus: a suggestive sign for Behçet's disease? A case report

A29-year-old woman with Behçet's disease was admitted to our cardiology department with a history of cough, dyspnea, and palpitation. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a right atrial mass. She was operated on to remove the mass, which was shown by histopathological exa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Heart and vessels 2002-07, Vol.16 (5), p.196-197
Hauptverfasser: Altunkeser, Bülent B, Görmüş, Niyazi, Ozdemir, Kurtuluş, Durgut, Kadir, Ozdemir, Ayşe, Solak, Hasan, Gök, Hasan
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Zusammenfassung:A29-year-old woman with Behçet's disease was admitted to our cardiology department with a history of cough, dyspnea, and palpitation. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a right atrial mass. She was operated on to remove the mass, which was shown by histopathological examination to be a thrombus. Three months later, echocardiography was repeated and recurrent right atrial thrombus was observed. Warfarin was given to the patient. One month later, the mass was not observed on echocardiographic examination. We report recurrent right atrial thrombus in a patient with Behçet's disease.
ISSN:0910-8327
1615-2573
DOI:10.1007/s003800200021