title: [Percutaneous transvenous biopsy for the diagnosis of a right atrial myxoma].
abstract: Intracardiac tumors are generally diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and, more recently, magnetic resonance imaging. However, these techniques do not permit a histopathologic diagnosis. When surgery is not indicated because of limited hemodynamic changes but the benign nature of the tumoral mass is questionable, percutaneous transvenous biopsy, when technically feasible, may represent an alternative approach. In this case report, we utilized percutaneous transvenous biopsy to obtain specimens from a right atrial mass in a 39-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Cardiochirurgia, Università Tor Vergata, Roma.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaspardone
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiariello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orlandi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional