An Unusual Presentation of Schwannoma in the Interatrial Space.
10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.1.95
- Author:
Joon Chul JUNG
1
;
Hyoung Woo CHANG
;
Kyung Hwan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea. kkh726@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Atrium;
Heart neoplasms;
Schwannoma (neurolemmoma)
- MeSH:
Aged;
Bronchogenic Cyst;
Cardiopulmonary Bypass;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Echocardiography;
Female;
Heart Neoplasms;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Myxoma;
Neurilemmoma*;
Pathology
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2015;48(1):95-97
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report the case of a 69-year-old woman who was diagnosed with intracardiac schwannoma without symptoms. Preoperative echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass attached to the interatrial septum. The initial diagnosis was a myxoma or a bronchogenic cyst. The tumor was successfully excised under cardiopulmonary bypass. However, the pathology of the excised tumor was consistent with schwannoma. We suggest that cardiovascular surgeons consider schwannoma to be a possible differential diagnosis for a mass close to the interatrial septum.
