title: Intracardiac varix of the left atrium.
abstract: A 68-year-old female patient with a history of hyperlipidaemia and fatty liver was referred for evaluation of an incidentally detected asymptomatic cardiac mass. Computed tomographic scan imaging showed a large calcified mass in the left atrium. Echocardiography revealed a 2.4 1.5 cm, well-circumscribed, round, high echoic mass with severe calcification and low mobility attached to the lower rim of the fossa ovalis. The cardiac mass along with part of the fossa ovalis and left atrial wall were excised. Histological diagnosis was compatible with intracardiac varix.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery,  University of Yamanashi Hospital, 1110 Shimokatoh, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898,  Japan.
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Tetsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamane
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery