
Huge left atrial thrombus infected with aspergillusfumigatus
Author(s) -
Emrullah Kızıltunç,
Gülten Taçoy,
Şahika Zeynep Aki,
Selçuk Özkan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of diagnostic imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2331-5865
pISSN - 2331-5857
DOI - 10.5430/ijdi.v1n2p97
Subject(s) - intracardiac injection , medicine , infective endocarditis , thrombus , endocarditis , voriconazole , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiology , radiology , left atrium , surgery , atrial fibrillation , antifungal , dermatology
Twenty three year old man with Hodgkin lymphoma had a resistant fever although treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed to explain the origin of the fever and a huge mass was detected in the left atrium. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was performed and reported as intracardiac thrombus. Patient was referred to surgery. Culture of the surgical material favored to Aspergillus fumigates. Voriconazole treatment was started and patient recovered. The authors report overlapping two different clinical situations, intracardiac thrombus and fungal infective endocarditis.