Right-sided cardiac masses do not have a uniform clinical presentation. Successful diagnosis is dependent on a high index of suspicion and appropriate echocardiographic examination. Five cases of right sided intracardiac masses have been detected during the period that echocardiography has been routinely available to us--two of right atrial myxoma, one of right atrial thrombus, and two of right...

Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a subset of large B cell lymphomas and has been mostly associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Rare cases have been reported in organ transplant recipients and chronic hepatitis C patients. It typically presents as an effusion in the pleural and pericardial spaces but rarely disseminates. However, involvement of the gastrointestinal tract, lymp...

UNLABELLED Right atrial appendage aneurysms (RAAAs) are rarely encountered. If symptomatic, they present with atrial arrhythmias or embolic events. Surgical resection is indicated for symptomatic patients. We describe a 65-year-old man presenting with palpitation for 6 months. Electrocardiogram showed atrial flutter. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large thin-walled cystic mass anteri...

conclusions the authors emphasize on the rarity of this pathology among children, its clinical polymorphism, the necessity of a rapid diagnosis, and an appropriate treatment to avoid complications and recurrence of the tumor. introduction right atrial myxoma is a rare disease among children and its clinical presentation is not specific. case presentation we reported a four-year-old girl with ex...

A patient developed acute, severe hemodynamic deterioration five days after an aortic valve replacement. Cardiac catheterization revealed a markedly elevated right atrial pressure but a normal right ventricular end-diastolic pressure. Angiography revealed an extrinsic mass causing compression of the right atrium and the tricuspid anulus. A large clot overlying the right atrium and ventricle was...

Cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare primary cardiac tumor. Outcomes of minimally invasive resection are rarely reported in the literature
 A male patient aged 28 years old presented with right atrial mass compressing superior vena cava and associated pericardial effusion. Pericardiocentesis was done, preoperative workup revealed no distant metastasis. We planned excision through mini-thoracotom...

BACKGROUND The size of right atrium is expected to be different in diverse healthy ethnic groups. It is important to know the normal size of right atrium in our healthy population. OBJECTIVE The study aimed to find out the normal values of right atrial volume, right atrial short axis diameter and right atrial long axis diameter in healthy Nepalese population with normal echocardiographic find...

A 65-year-old woman was referred to the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of our hospital for an operation with a presumptive diagnosis of right atrial myxoma. The mass was found incidentally on routine echocardiography during preoperative evaluation for total knee replacement. She had had hypertension and diabetes mellitus for 8 years. Her waist circumference was 111 cm and her body mass in...

The authors report the case of a 31 year-old male with right atrial myxoma whose clinical manifestations included: malaise, dizziness and dyspnea on great exertion. At physical examination, a tricuspid systolic and diastolic murmur of mean intensity was found. The chest radiography and the electrocardiogram signs were of right atrial and ventricular enlargement, and the diagnosis was made with ...