Cardiac Vignette: Right Atrial Mass

Severe right atrial compression by a rapidly growing cardiac mass.

A 42-year-old man without a past cardiovascular history arrived in the emergency department reporting progressive chest pain, abdominal discomfort, dyspnea at rest, and orthopnea of 4 days duration. An abdominal ultrasound revealed significant pericardial and bilateral pleural effu-sion, with hepatomegaly and ascites of a probable congestive nature. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed severe ...

RIGHT ATRIAL MYXOMA

A case of right atrial myxoma in a 5 year old male is presented. The Patient was admitted in the pediatric department with systemic manifestations. Myxoma was incidentally diagnosed.

Right atrial tumour mass of unusual origin.

Right atrial mass: a diagnostic dilemma.

Dear Editor, The differential diagnoses of intracardiac masses include vegetation, thrombus or tumours. Size, shape, location, mobility and attachment of the mass combined with the clinical fi ndings help differentiate etiology. Echocardiography became the gold standard test for the diagnosis of intracardiac masses and later on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) further improved the accurac...

Right atrial mass: tumor or aneurysm?

Accurate diagnosis and the surgical therapy is challenging for a mediastinal growth. After coronary artery graft surgery in 1982 and coronary reoperation in 1992, a patient was admitted for right atrial tumor. Echocardiography and MRI scan did not reveal precise tumor delineation. Histological studies proved a saphenous vein graft aneurysm.