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Adult Cardiac Cystic Lymphangiectasia of the Right Atrium
Author(s) -
Matarieh Azmey,
Harinstein Matthew E.,
Salanitri John,
Maganti Kameswari
Publication year - 2008
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.1540-8175.2008.00673.x
Subject(s) - lymphangiectasia , medicine , pathological , lymphatic system , right atrium , cardiology , radiology , pathology
Cardiac lympangiectasia is a rare pathological dilation of the lymphatic channels of the heart. Diagnosis is made by pathology; however, there remains no definitive diagnostic study. There are reports of cardiac cystic lymphangiectasias in children. A case of right atrial lymphangiectasia, initially identified by echocardiography, is presented here. This is the first report of such a mass.