title: Late relapse of multiple myeloma presenting as a right atrial mass.
abstract: Intracardiac involvement is a rare presentation of relapsed multiple myeloma. We present a case of lobulated mass in the wall of the right atrium, with extension to the inferior vena cava and obliteration and encasement of the interatrial septum in a 57-year-old man, a known case of multiple myeloma, with progressive exertional dyspnea and anasarca.
authors.affiliation: Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Neda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Behzadnia
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Faezeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sheybani-Afshar
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Zargam
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hossein-Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ansari-Asl
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran babaksharifkashani@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sharif-Kashani
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Atosa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dorudinia
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods
keywords: Antineoplastic agents; combined modality therapy; heart atria; heart neoplasms multiple myeloma; plasma cells