title: Asymptomatic schwannoma of the heart.
abstract: We present a case of an asymptomatic right atrial mass detected on a screening ECHO. Pre-operative imaging and intraoperative frozen section suggested an atrial myxoma, but the extracardiac nature of the mass and its adherence to the right superior pulmonary vein and interatrial septum were inconsistent with this. Detailed histological assessment confirmed the diagnosis of atrial schwannoma. Limited case reports have shown complete resection is curative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Teaching Hospital, Ireland. earlysarah@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Early
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGuinness
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galvin
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hurley
mesh_terms: D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery