title: Right atrial myxoma arising from the inferior vena cava.
abstract: A middle-aged man presented with recent-onset dyspnea and recurrent syncopal attacks at our institute. Echocardiography revealed a large mass arising from the inferior vena cava and prolapsing into the right atrium and ventricle. Histopathologic examination revealed the classic features of a myxoma. This report is of a rare case of a cardiac myxoma arising from the inferior vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
authors.forename: Manjeet S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Juneja
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arunkumar
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajan
authors.forename: Mullasari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ajit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior