Dhan Bahadur Shrestha, Prakash Raj Oli, Mustafain Meghani
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Abstract
Background: Intracardiac thrombus is a common intracardiac mass in patients with left ventricular dysfunction (LVD).
Case summary: A man with a history of malignant melanoma presented with emesis and acute left flank pain. He was found to have a left renal infarct and left ventricle (LV) mass, for which he was started on therapeutic anticoagulation. TTE showed a large, mobile mass measuring 2.5 × 2.0 cm in the LV cavity, with LVD. Cardiac metastasis was suspected, and surgical intervention was planned, but preoperative TEE could not reveal the LV mass seen previously, canceling the planned thoracotomy.
Discussion: He had patent coronary arteries; therefore, cardiomyopathy was likely due to cocaine use, which might induce thrombosis within the dysfunctional LV. Medical management with therapeutic anticoagulation, along with guideline-directed medical therapy for LVD, continued.
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Case Reports in Cardiology is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes case reports and case series related to hypertension, arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, valvular heart disease, vascular disease, congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy.
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