title: Intracardiac mass due to fibrosing mediastinitis: the first reported case.
abstract: We report a case of a woman, aged 53 years, presenting with a right atrial mass due to idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis with periaortic involvement. This challenging diagnosis was confirmed by different imaging modalities and histopathologic analysis. The diagnosis of cardiac tumours is often difficult. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an intracavitary cardiac mass due to fibrosing mediastinitis. This rare disorder, which is characterized by invasive proliferation of fibrous tissue within the mediastinum, should be included in the differential diagnosis of intracardiac tumours.
authors: Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal. tiagopsilva@sapo.pt
authors: Tiago
authors: T
authors: Pereira-da-Silva
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Galrinho
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Ribeiro
authors: Nuno
authors: N
authors: Jalles
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Martelo
authors: José
authors: J
authors: Fragata
authors: Rui Cruz
authors: RC
authors: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*