Primary Cardiac Lymphoma in the Right Atrium

Lymphoma of the Right Atrium and Ventricle.

Cardiac varix in the right atrium.

A 73-year old man underwent transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography and computed tomography, which revealed what appeared to be an asymptomatic primary mobile tumour located in the right atrium. During surgery, the mass was found to be associated with the right atrial septum and was subsequently resected. Histopathology of the mass revealed a cardiac varix with phleboliths. The pati...

Cardiac tuberculoma of the right atrium.

We report a patient with a large mass in the right atrium with tricuspid valve involvement resulting in significant stenosis, which was a tuberculoma without active pulmonary disease. Cardiac tuberculoma is rare and usually involves the pericardium. Myocardial involvement is a very rare occurrence. 

Pazopanib in Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma of the Right Atrium: A Case Report

Primary heart tumors are an extremely rare oncological entity with primary cardiac sarcomas usually representing 20% of all primary cardiac tumorous lesions [Shanmugam: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29: 925-932; Orlandi et al.: J Thorac Oncol 2010;5: 1483-1489]. Angiosarcoma is the most prevalent histology and despite a multidisciplinary approach tends to have a dismal prognosis [Shanmugam: Eur ...

Primary right atrium angiosarcoma mimicking pericarditis

BACKGROUND Primary cardiac neoplasms occur rarely and most of them are benign. Malignant tumors including angiosarcoma are extremely rare and have a non specific clinical presentation and a poor prognosis. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a young male who was transferred to our hospital because of shock and multiple organ failure after a complicated pericardial biopsy. During the previo...