title: Giant right atrial wall vegetation mimicking cardiac tumor.
abstract: We report the use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of a large right atrial vegetation. A 44-year-old woman admitted with septic shock was found to have a giant mass attached to the lateral free wall of the right atrium that was consistent with tumor on transesophageal echocardiography. Interestingly, diagnosis of vegetation was later made by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and confirmed by surgical pathology. The case highlights not only an atypical presentation for intracardiac vegetation, but also the use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging as an adjunct to transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac masses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Pey-Jen
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Marshall
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fordyce
authors.forename: Monvadi B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Srichai
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zinn
authors.forename: Mariela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Losada
authors.forename: Samyra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El-ftesi
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Vittorio
authors.forename: Juan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Grau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans