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Cardiac Varix Presenting as a Right Atrial Mass
Author(s) -
Trocciola Susan M.,
Yee Herman,
Balsam Leora B.,
Gianos Eugenia,
DeAnda, Jr. Abe
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01193.x
Subject(s) - medicine , varix , concomitant , right atrium , lesion , mass/lesion , radiology , cardiology , surgery , varices , cirrhosis
A cardiac varix is an unusual tumor of vascular origin that is rarely discovered antemortem. Here, we report the incidental finding of this lesion in the right atrium of a patient with concomitant prostate cancer . (J Card Surg 2011;26:164‐165)