Thrombus in a normal left ventricle: a cardiac manifestation of pheochromocytoma

Stefanus A Wiyono; Wim B Vletter; Osama I I Soliman; Folkert J ten Cate; Marcel L Geleijnse

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01041.x

Thrombus in a normal left ventricle: a cardiac manifestation of pheochromocytoma

Echocardiography. 2010 Feb;27(2):195-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01041.x. Epub 2010 Jan 13.

Authors

Stefanus A Wiyono¹, Wim B Vletter, Osama I I Soliman, Folkert J ten Cate, Marcel L Geleijnse

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, The Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 20070355
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01041.x

Abstract

In this case report, a patient with a thrombus in a normal-sized and functional left ventricular is described. The thrombus was most likely formed during pheochromocytoma crisis with severe transient wall motion abnormalities.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / complications*
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Adult
Humans
Male
Pheochromocytoma / complications*
Pheochromocytoma / diagnostic imaging*
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Thrombosis / etiology*
Ultrasonography
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*