title: Endocardial blood cyst: a rare site and age of presentation.
abstract: Cardiac blood cysts are rare findings in clinical practice. They usually involve the valves and are very uncommon in adult age. Their clinical manifestation varies broadly, as they can interfere with intracardiac flow, or even be completely silent. We report a case of a newly developed cyst of the atrial septum, incidentally detected by transthoracic echocardiography in a 69-year-old asymptomatic patient. The diagnosis was confirmed by postsurgery histopathological examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology Department of Cardiac Surgery Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, Careggi Hospital, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oddo
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fabbri
authors.forename: Alessandro Paoletti
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Perini
authors.forename: Pier Luigi
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Stefano
authors.forename: Gian Luigi
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Taddei
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D054087:Atrial Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004699:Endocardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography