title: Right atrial myxoma: echocardiographic appearance.
abstract: A 67-year-old asymptomatic male was admitted for evaluation of his arterial hypertension. The routine echocardiographic study revealed a large tumour in the dilated right atrium. The mass appeared to arise from the posterior wall of the right atrium. After infusion of a contrast agent, the mass appeared to fill with the contrast agent, ruling out the possibility of the mass being a clot. Transesophageal study revealed a round mass arising from the posterior right atrial wall just adjacent to the extrusion of the superior vena cava. The patient subsequently underwent cardiac surgery and a cardiac tumour was excised that proved to be a cardiac myxoma. In this case we present echocardiographic images and the macro- and microscopic view of the right atrial myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, PO Box 1352 Stavrakia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. apatrianakos@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Alexandros P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Patrianakos
authors.forename: Frangiskos I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Parthenakis
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nyktari
authors.forename: George E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Kochiadakis
authors.forename: Anastasios V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Koutsopoulos
authors.forename: Panos E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Vardas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery