What Looks Like a Clot But Is Not a Clot?

Orly Leiva, MD; Parker Hollingsworth, MD; Vasvi Singh, MBBS, MD; Xiaohua Qian, MD, PhD; Ron Blankstein, MD; Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH

JACC: Case Reports (Oct 2020)

What Looks Like a Clot But Is Not a Clot?

Orly Leiva, MD,
Parker Hollingsworth, MD,
Vasvi Singh, MBBS, MD,
Xiaohua Qian, MD, PhD,
Ron Blankstein, MD,
Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH

Affiliations

Orly Leiva, MD: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Parker Hollingsworth, MD: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Vasvi Singh, MBBS, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Xiaohua Qian, MD, PhD: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Ron Blankstein, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Address for correspondence: Dr. Muthiah Vaduganathan, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart & Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street., Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 12
pp. 1966 – 1968

Abstract

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Primary cardiac tumors in the right ventricular outflow tract are often misdiagnosed as pulmonary embolism due to rarity and inadequate imaging characterization. Multimodality imaging offers advantages and facilitates subsequent diagnostics and management. We present a case of a woman with suspected submassive pulmonary embolism who was found to have pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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