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Case Report

A Giant Mass Filling the Left Atrium: A Case Report

Author(s): Fernando Fonseca Gonçalves*, Sara Borges and José Ilídio Moreira

Volume 18, Issue 7, 2022

Published on: 14 February, 2022

Article ID: e041121197669 Pages: 3

DOI: 10.2174/1573405617666211104094241

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Abstract

Background: Cardiac tumors have heterogeneous and unspecific clinical presentations which is why their diagnosis is difficult.

Case Report: A middle-aged woman presented to the emergency department with unspecific symptoms developing over 2 weeks. Multimodality imaging revealed a large mass filling the left atrium with a large base adherent to the fossa ovalis and flow obstruction. After surgical extraction, the anatomopathological analysis was compatible with a primary benign cardiac tumor.

Conclusion: Clinical presentation of cardiac tumors is usually unspecific and multimodality imaging is crucial in the diagnostic workflow. Surgical excision should be performed as quickly as possible.

Keywords: Cardiac tumor, atrial mass, echocardiography, imaging , cardiac surgery , case report .

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