Thrombus on the Chiari Network

Miryam Martínez-Pascual del Riquelme, Santiago Egea-Beneyto, Juan Ortega-Bernal, Juan A. Castillo-Moreno, José D. Cascón-Pérez, Pedro García-Urruticoechea

Abstract


The presence of a mass in the right atrium requires a broad differential diagnosisincluding tumors, vegetations, thrombus, Eustachian valve, or Chiari´s network.Traditionally, these etiological possibilities have been considered exclusive. Thisreport describes the case of a male patient with catarrhal symptoms, generalizedtenderness, and low-grade fever, diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and -throughechocardiography- a mobile, elongated mass in the right atrium. Differentetiological entities were proposed, and finally heparin treatment was started,which resolved the mass with persistence of a filamentous structure consistentwith Chiari´s network.

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