An unusual presentation of a right atrial Chiari network.
In 1897, the anatomist Chiari described a structure in the right atrium connected to the Eustachian valve identified as the embryological vestige of the right valve of the sinus venosus. The discovery of a mass in the right atrium obliges the clinician to perform a broad differential diagnosis among a tumour, vegetations on the tricuspid valve, an atrial thrombus and Chiari network. We present a case of Chiari network in a 55-year-old Italian woman.
Patanè
Salvatore
S
Anfuso
Carmelo
C
Marte
Filippo
F
Minutoli
Fabio
F
Di Bella
Gianluca
G
Coglitore
Sebastiano
S
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology