A case of cardiac lymphangioma presenting as a cystic mass in the right atrium.
A 44-year-old woman underwent surgery for an asymptomatic primary tumor of the heart located in the right atrium. The tumor was detected incidentally during follow-up computed tomography for a resected breast cancer. The mass, lying along the lower portion of the right atrial septum, was homogenous and cystic in nature, as detected by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Complete resection was performed via a median sternotomy under cardiopulmonary bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful. However, the histological result was surprising: the mass was a cardiac lymphangioma.
Kim
Shin-Jae
SJ
Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea, 290-3 Jeonha-dong, Dong-gu, Ulsan 682-714, Korea.
Shin
Eun-Seok
ES
Kim
Seon Woon
SW
Shin
Je-Kyoun
JK
Cheong
Jong-Pil
JP
Kim
Young Min
YM
Lee
Sang-Gon
SG
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed