Images in Clinical Medicine
Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor
Right Atrial Tumor
N Engl J Med 1995; 333:1608December 14, 1995
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Figure 1 A right atrial mass was observed in a 42-year-old woman who presented with atrial fibrillation. A four-chamber view of the heart (Panel A) obtained intraoperatively by transesophageal echocardiography, demonstrated a mass in the right atrium (RA) obstructing the right ventricular inflow (RV). An encapsulated cystic rhabdomyoma (9 cm by 6 cm by 3 cm) and attached atrial stalk (Panel B) were excised during hypothermic circulatory arrest. A transesophageal echocardiogram obtained immediately thereafter showed a persistently enlarged right atrium. Two years after the excision of this rare tumor, the right atrial and ventricular dilatation had not resolved, tricuspid regurgitation persisted, and atrial fibrillation was still present. LA denotes left atrium, and LV left ventricle.
Kim Eagle, M.D.
Joseph S. Savino, M.D.
Stuart J. Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA 19104- Citing Articles (2)
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