Abstract
A 53-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of
dyspnoea and chest pain. Computed tomography pulmonary angiography was performed to
exclude acute pulmonary embolism (PE). This demonstrated a large right atrial mass
and no evidence of PE. Transthoracic echocardiography followed by cardiac magnetic
resonance imaging confirmed a mobile right atrial mass. Surgical resection was then
performed confirming a giant right atrial myxoma. We describe the typical clinical,
radiologic, and pathologic features of right atrial myxoma.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: October 09, 2009
Accepted:
June 25,
2009
Received:
May 25,
2009
Footnotes
☆Conflict of interest: no conflicts of interest to declare.
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© 2010 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
