Blood cyst with a calcium stone originating from the right atrial septum.
Blood cysts of the heart in adults are extremely rare, and their origin is usually from the valvular apparatus. However, a case was encountered of a blood cyst originating from the right atrial septum of a 59-year-old woman. Furthermore the cyst contained calcium stone. The cyst with the stone was Successfully excised. Neither situation has been reported previously in the literature.
Niinami
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
Ishihara
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Hara
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Tanaka
S
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Yamaguti
E
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Takase
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S
D002118:Calcium; D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
D002118:Calcium