Case Report

Embolus in Transit

Authors: Jodie Dejecacion, MD, Deanne Veselka, MD, Michael Ragain, MD, Leigh Ann Jenkins, MD, Gary Meyerrose, MD

Abstract

A patient who presented with recurrent syncopal episodes was discovered to have a right-sided heart mass, which was revealed as an embolus in transit resulting in a lethal pulmonary embolic event. The initial focus of etiology on tumor rather than thrombus was misleading. A higher index of suspicion of thrombus in right heart mass may help future patients receive more directed therapy.

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