Unexpected pulsatile intracardiac mass.
We present a curious pulsatile right atrial mass which we found by routine transthoracic echocardiography in an asymptomatic woman. Only consecutive section planes finally revealed the true nature of this round mass, highlighting the general statement that the ultrasonographer should never rely on a single ultrasound imaging plane for making a correct diagnosis.
Bär
Harald
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Katus
Hugo A
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Mereles
Derliz
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D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011673:Pulsatile Flow