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Multiple intra‐cardiac masses: A life‐threatening complication of Behçet’s disease
Author(s) -
Ramoğlu Mehmet Gökhan,
Atalay Semra,
Uçar Tayfun,
Fitoz Suat,
Özçakar Zeynep Birsin,
Çiftçi Ergin,
Tutar Ercan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14771
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombus , behcet's disease , complication , ventricle , etiology , cardiology , disease , differential diagnosis , cardiac tumors , incidence (geometry) , radiology , pathology , physics , optics
The incidence of multiple intra‐cardiac masses is rare, and the differential diagnosis may be challenging sometimes. The most common etiologies of multiple intra‐cardiac masses are thrombus, vegetation, and tumors. Intra‐cardiac thrombus is more common in patients with central catheters, with a wall‐motion abnormality and global hypokinesis. Certain autoimmune disorders may favor the development of intra‐cardiac thrombus, and very rarely, multiple thrombi may be seen. Here, a patient with multiple intra‐cardiac masses in the right ventricle and diagnosed with Behçet's disease is presented.