A Closed Right Atrial Septal Aneurysm Suspected as a Tumor: 1 case report.
- Author:
Jae Wuk KIM
1
;
Yong In L KIM
;
Wook Hyun CHO
;
Kyung Seok PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea. yongin@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aneurysm;
Heart septum;
Heart neoplasms
- MeSH:
Aged;
Aneurysm*;
Aphasia;
Atrial Septum;
Cardiopulmonary Bypass;
Echocardiography, Transesophageal;
Heart Atria;
Heart Neoplasms;
Heart Septum;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Thorax;
Thrombosis
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2003;36(8):606-609
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 70-year-old man with aphasia due to ischemic cerebral events by thromboemboli was admitted. The cause of thromboemboli was investigated, and transesophageal echocardiography and chest MRI revealed an encapsulated cystic mass in the right atrium, not circulating. It was a homogeneous cystic mass suggesting a tumor (Myxoma) rather than thrombus. Right atrial mass was resected together with partial atrial septum under the normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. Histologically it was an atrial septal aneurysm, closed on itself, filled with blood. We report this rarely seen case with a review of the literatures.
