Abstract

NUNEZ-CABARCAS, Edilberto; LOPEZ-RUIZ, Nilson  and  RAMIREZ-RINCON, Alex. Diagnostic dilemma: Intracardiac mass in a woman with Behçet's syndrome. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2014, vol.84, n.4, pp.273-275. ISSN 1665-1731.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acmx.2014.03.003.

Intracardiac thrombosis is a rare manifestation of cardiac involvement in Behçet's disease, and it may be mistaken for a heart tumor. In this letter we present the case of a patient diagnosed with Behçet's disease who was incidentally found to have a mass in the right atrium suspicious of a cardiac tumor. Nevertheless, cardiac magnetic resonance showed a cardiac thrombus. Immunosuppressive therapy and anticoagulation were effective for thrombus resolution.

Keywords : Behçet syndrome; Heart diseases; Thrombosis; Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Colombia.