Diagnostic dilemma: Intracardiac mass in a woman with Behçet's syndrome

Abstract

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; Cardiopatías; Colombia; Echocardiography; Ecocardiografía; Heart diseases; Imagen por resonancia magnética; Magnetic resonance imaging; Síndrome de Behçet; Thrombosis; Trombosis.