Echocardiographic diagnosis of prolapsing right atrial myxoma.
A case of right atrial myxoma with mimicking symptoms and signs of constrictive peridarditis is reported. The presence of a prolapsing right atrial tumor was easily recognized in the right ventricle during diastole by a routine echocardiography and it was confirmed by cineangiography and operation.
D000328:Adult; D002932:Cineangiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis*