Key result
Recurrent pulmonary embolism linked to a 50 mm right atrial tumor highlights early echocardiography screening.
Why the study?
Patients with idiopathic pulmonary embolism may have rare but treatable right heart diseases that require early echocardiography for diagnosis.
Case Report (n=1)
Patients with suspected idiopathic pulmonary embolism should undergo early echocardiography to exclude rare but treatable right heart sources of thrombosis, such as tumors.
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May warrant echocardiography in recurrent PE; hypothesis-generating from single case report.
Janssens et al. (1997) conducted a case report in Acute pulmonary embolism (n=1). Early echocardiography was evaluated. Necropsy of a 69-year-old man with recurrent pulmonary embolism revealed a 50 mm right atrial myxoid tumor, suggesting early echocardiography should be used to exclude right heart diseases.
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