Open AccessAtrial mass: a myxoma?
Author(s) -
Chatzis Andrew C.,
Kostopanagiotou Kostas,
Kousi Theofili,
Mitropoulos Fotios
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.626
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , thrombus , myxoma , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , atrial myxoma , colorectal cancer , cardiac tumors , cardiology , cancer
Key Clinical Message 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.