Atrial dissection-like appearance caused by ileus due to metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Atrial dissection is an uncommon entity, defined as a gap from the mitral or tricuspid annular area to the interatrial septum or atrial wall, creating a new chamber with or without communication into the true left or right atrium. We present the interesting images of an atrial dissection-like appearance in the right atrium, which was actually caused by an ileus due to metastatic renal cell carcinoma in a 82-year-old man. The causes of true atrial dissection were also briefly discussed.
Dogan
Mehmet
M
Department of Cardiology, Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ozeke
Ozcan
O
Aras
Dursun
D
Deveci
Bulent
B
Yildiz
Ali
A
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006325:Heart Atria; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed