MRI imaging of a left atrial mass misinterpreted by transesophageal echocardiography.
Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart was used in a patient with a history of recurrent episodes of transient ischemic attacks in whom a left atrial mass was suspected on transesophageal echocardiography. The use of MRI clarified a diagnosis of a diaphragmatic hernia.
Cohen
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Internal Medicine F Department, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel.
Paz
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Yortner
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Sagie
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A
Russo
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Garty
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M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis