title: Two- and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic localization of a right atrial lipoma: importance of orienting echocardiographic images to the surgeon's view.
abstract: We present a patient in whom the exact location of a right atrial lipoma identified with two- and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (2-D and 3-D TEE) was correlated with the surgical findings. By orienting the 3-D TEE images to conform to the view of the surgeon from the right side of the patient and referencing the site of attachment of the tumor to the surrounding structures, this lipoma was correctly localized to a 7 o'clock position in the right atrium.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heart Station SW/S102, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Mukhtar
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Pacifico
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kirklin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nekkanti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*