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Atrial Dissection‐Like Appearance Caused by Ileus Due to Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Dogan Mehmet,
Ozeke Ozcan,
Aras Dursun,
Deveci Bulent,
Yildiz Ali
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00264.x
Subject(s) - dissection (medical) , medicine , interatrial septum , renal cell carcinoma , ileus , cardiology , right atrium , left atrium , atrium (architecture) , radiology , surgery , atrial fibrillation
Atrial dissection is an uncommon entity, defined as a gap from the mitral or tricuspid annular area to the interatrial septum or atrial wall, creating a new chamber with or without communication into the true left or right atrium. We present the interesting images of an atrial dissection‐like appearance in the right atrium, which was actually caused by an ileus due to metastatic renal cell carcinoma in a 82‐year‐old man. The causes of true atrial dissection were also briefly discussed.