Infective right atrial thrombus: a rare complication of total parenteral nutrition in an adult.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a case of an infective right atrial thrombus, following total parenteral nutrition, in a 21-year-old woman undergoing a surgical procedure for long-standing chronic ulcerative colitis. She presented with high temperature and the illness did not respond to antibiotic therapy. A 2-dimensional echocardiogram showed a mobile right atrial mass that at surgery was identified as a thrombus. Thrombus cultures grew coagulase-negative Staphylococcus aureus.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Diseases
- Parenteral Nutrition, Total
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Thrombosis