title: Cardiac varix presenting as a right atrial mass.
abstract: A cardiac varix is an unusual tumor of vascular origin that is rarely discovered antemortem. Here, we report the incidental finding of this lesion in the right atrium of a patient with concomitant prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Trocciola
authors.forename: Herman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.forename: Leora B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Balsam
authors.forename: Eugenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gianos
authors.forename: Abe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DeAnda
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery