Case report of inferior vena cava and right atrium fibroma diagnosis with transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography

Abstract

We present a clinical case describing diagnosis and surgical treatment of a patient with atypically located fibroma – in the inferior vena cava and right atrium. Modern means of ultrasound heart examinations were demonstrated as well. We consider echocardiography to be the method of choice for present time as this means is safe, reliable and available. Information which we obtained during ultrasonic heart examination is a reason for further more precise patient examination. In the present literature resources we were not able to find any other case with a heart fibroma with such atypical location and structure.

Keywords

• heart fibroma
• transthorathic echocardiography
• transesophageal echocardiography