Skip Navigation



European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published online on March 15, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography, doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen028
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Supplementary Data
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
9/3/422    most recent
jen028v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Patrianakos, A. P.
Right arrow Articles by Vardas, P. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Patrianakos, A. P.
Right arrow Articles by Vardas, P. E.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Right atrial myxoma: echocardiographic appearance

Alexandros P. Patrianakos1,*, Frangiskos I. Parthenakis1, Eva Nyktari1, George E. Kochiadakis1, Anastasios V. Koutsopoulos2 and Panos E. Vardas1

1 Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, PO Box 1352 Stavrakia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2 Pathologoanatomic Department, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece

* Corresponding author. Tel: +30 2810 392706; fax: +30 2810 542111. E-mail address: apatrianakos{at}yahoo.gr


  Abstract

A 67-year-old asymptomatic male was admitted for evaluation of his arterial hypertension. The routine echocardiographic study revealed a large tumour in the dilated right atrium. The mass appeared to arise from the posterior wall of the right atrium. After infusion of a contrast agent, the mass appeared to fill with the contrast agent, ruling out the possibility of the mass being a clot.

Transesophageal study revealed a round mass arising from the posterior right atrial wall just adjacent to the extrusion of the superior vena cava. The patient subsequently underwent cardiac surgery and a cardiac tumour was excised that proved to be a cardiac myxoma. In this case we present echocardiographic images and the macro- and microscopic view of the right atrial myxoma.

Keywords: Echocardiography; Transesophageal; Cardiac myxoma


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.