title: Right atrial thrombus masquerading as intracardiac cyst: a case report.
abstract: Intracardiac cystic lesions are rare. Hydatid disease, blood cysts and bronchogenic cysts in various chambers of the heart have been reported. Right atrial thrombus presenting as a cystic lesion on echocardiogram has not been reported. We describe a patient with mitral regurgitation in atrial fibrillation with a right atrial cyst, which was found to be a cavitating thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Trent Cardiac Center, Nottingham City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom. arvindvsingh@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Arvind V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Inderpaul S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Birdi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed