title: The Differentiation of Giant Right Atrial Myxoma from Metastatic Cancer with the Use of Multiple Imaging Modalities.
abstract: Whether a cardiac tumor is primary or metastatic strongly influences the therapeutic strategy. We herein present a case of a cardiac tumor that occupied most of the right atrium which required immediate treatment in a patient with breast cancer. Multiple imaging modalities, especially computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, provided a precise preoperative diagnosis. We performed cardiac surgery prior to breast cancer surgery because the cardiac tumor was thought to be a myxoma rather than a metastatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakabayashi
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oka
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed