Symptomatic right atrial appendance aneurysm: diagnosis and resection.
Idiopathic right atrial enlargement is a rare cardiac anomaly presenting as a giant right atrium. A 20-year-old woman presenting for pneumothorax was found to have a pericardial mass compressing right ventricle. Echocardiography and magnetic resonance suggested the diagnosis of lone right atrial appendance enlargement. The mass was surgically removed and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of right atrial appendance aneurysm. The case is notable for its rarity.
Corti
Fabrizio
F
Cardiac Surgery Clinic, University of Milan-Bicocca Hospital, Monza, Italy. fabrizio.corti@tre.it
Sciuchetti
Jennifer F
JF
Ferro
Orazio
O
Porta
Fabiano
F
Redaelli
Marianna
M
Paolini
Giovanni
G
D000328:Adult; D020517:Atrial Appendage; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*