A Giant Mass Filling the Left Atrium: A Case Report
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Published:2021-11-04
Issue:
Volume:17
Page:
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ISSN:1573-4056
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Container-title:Current Medical Imaging Formerly Current Medical Imaging Reviews
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language:en
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Short-container-title:CMIR
Author:
Gonçalves Fernando Fonseca1ORCID,
Borges Sara1,
Moreira José Ilídio1
Affiliation:
1. Cardiology department, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
Abstract
Background :
Cardiac tumors have heterogeneous and unspecific clinical presentations which is why their diagnosis is difficult.
Case report:
A middle-aged woman presented to the emergency department with unspecific symptoms developing over 2 weeks. Multimodality imaging revealed a large mass filling the left atrium with a large base adherent to the fossa ovalis and flow obstruction. After surgical extraction, the anatomopathological analysis was compatible with a primary benign cardiac tumor.
Conclusion:
Clinical presentation of cardiac tumors is usually unspecific and multimodality imaging is crucial in the diagnostic workflow. Surgical excision should be performed as quickly as possible.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging