Esophageal varices: A rare non-cardiac finding in echocardiography.
José MaximoDaniel Seabra CarvalhoAna DuartePaulo PinhoJorge AlmeidaJoão MacielPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2021)
A 43-years-old patient with hepatitis C and HIV co-infection was referred to debridement of a left sternoclavicular septic arthritis. Due to suspicion of endocarditis, the patient underwent transthoracic echocardiogram which revealed an mass posterior to left atrium and descending aorta. A thoracic computed tomography revealed esophageal varices. Transesophageal echocardiogram was not performed. The patient has progressed favorably.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- case report
- left ventricular
- magnetic resonance imaging
- pulmonary artery
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- pulmonary hypertension
- left atrial appendage
- hiv aids
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery
- spinal cord injury
- magnetic resonance
- inferior vena cava
- vena cava
- pulmonary embolism