title: Giant congenital diverticulum of the right atrium.
abstract: Congenital diverticulum of heart is a rare entity, which may arise from the atria, atrial appendages, coronary sinus or the ventricles. A 3-year-old child presented with history of early fatigability for 6 months and recent upper respiratory tract infection. Chest X-ray and echocardiogram revealed marked right atrial enlargement. At surgery, a right atrial diverticulum was excised under cardiopulmonary bypass. Pathology revealed thickened endocardium with edema and myocardial fiber hypertrophy. Our experience with this rare congenital disease is presented along with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric & Congenital Heart Diseases, Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, India. muneshtomar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Munesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomar
authors.forename: Sitaraman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.forename: Krishna Subramony
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: Savitri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrivastava
mesh_terms: D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans