Massive Right Atrial Thrombosis: Are You Brave Enough to Start Anticoagulation? A Case Report
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2021
Short description:
Massive Right Atrial Thrombosis: Are You Brave Enough to Start Anticoagulation? A Case Report / Bergonti, M., Ascione, C., Agostoni, P., Castelli, R., Vignati, C.. - In: FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE. - ISSN 2297-055X. - 8:(2021), p. 688351. [10.3389/fcvm.2021.688351]
abstract:
: Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder with overlapping myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative features. The disease is generally characterized by blood monocytosis, bone marrow dysplasia, cytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly. While malignant blood diseases are frequently associated with a high risk of thromboembolism, CMML is often accompanied by immune-mediated hemorrhagic diathesis. Indeed, very few reports in literature report thrombotic complications of CMML patients. We will briefly present here the case of a patient with CMML who developed a massive right atrial thrombus. We aim to highlight the non-negligible thrombotic burden of the disease, and we will get through the differential diagnosis of right atrial masses and the management of right atrial thrombi, which are a rare and poorly known entity.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
cardio-oncology; coagulation; pulmonary thromboembolism; right atrial thrombosis; right atrium mass; thrombus
List of contributors:
Bergonti, Marco; Ascione, Ciro; Agostoni, Piergiuseppe; Castelli, Roberto; Vignati, Carlo
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