title: Radiation induced myxoma of superior vena cava origin presenting as a right atrial mass.
abstract: Myxomas are the most common benign cardiac tumors. Myxomas are more common in the left heart chamber than the right side chamber. An extracardiac origin presenting as a right atrial mass is very rare. Right-sided tumors are considerably less common than left-sided tumors, and however myxoma of great vessels origin presenting as right atrial masses are rare but radiation induced villous myxoma in superior vena cava (SVC) is exceedingly rare tumor. A case of radiation induced myxoma originating in a previously undescribed location and presenting as a right atrial mass is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Imam Ali Heart Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sabzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Imam Ali Heart Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Faraji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D018239:Seminoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D047368:Tumor Burden; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
keywords: myxoma; right atrial; vena cava.