title: Atrial mass: a myxoma?
abstract: A middle-aged woman with a history of resected colorectal cancer and receiving chemotherapy presented with a right atrial mass and the provisional diagnosis of myxoma supported by echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Successful surgical removal revealed organized thrombus instead. Atrial thrombus may be mistaken for myxoma and long-term intracardiac indwelling catheters can be thrombogenic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre Athens Greece.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chatzis
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre Athens Greece.
authors.forename: Kostas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kostopanagiotou
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre Athens Greece.
authors.forename: Theofili
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kousi
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre Athens Greece.
authors.forename: Fotios
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mitropoulos
keywords: Atrial thrombus; atrial myxoma; intracardiac indwelling catheters