Asymptomatic schwannoma of the heart.
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.
Early
Sarah A
SA
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Teaching Hospital, Ireland. earlysarah@gmail.com
McGuinness
Jonathan
J
Galvin
John
J
Kennedy
Maria
M
Hurley
John
J
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