ENDOCARDITIS WITH LEFT ATRIAL THROMBUS FORMATION IN BEHCETS-DISEASE MIMICKING MYXOMA

Authors
MADANAT WY PROKAEVA TB KOTELNIKOVA GP ALEKBEROVA ZS
Citation
Wy. Madanat et al., ENDOCARDITIS WITH LEFT ATRIAL THROMBUS FORMATION IN BEHCETS-DISEASE MIMICKING MYXOMA, Journal of rheumatology, 20(11), 1993, pp. 1982-1984
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0315162X
Volume
20
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1982 - 1984
Database
ISI
SICI code
0315-162X(1993)20:11<1982:EWLATF>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A 51-year-old male patient with Behcet's disease had a large echogenic mass in the left atrium mimicking myxoma, documented by echocardiogra phy. Postoperative pathological examination revealed left atrial throm bus, deep ulcerations of mitral valve leaflets with signs of active en docarditis. Cardiac evaluation with echocardiography should be conside red in patients with Behcet's disease.