Unusual elongation of the Eustachian valve.
We report a patient with a snake-shaped, mobile mass in the right atrium. The mass was determined to be an elongated Eustachian valve which was a persistent part of the embryologic valve of the sinus venosus.
Gulel
Okan
O
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, 19 Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
Yazici
Mustafa
M
Sahin
Mahmut
M
D000328:Adult; D018376:Cardiovascular Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016276:Ventricular Function / Q000502:physiology