Tissue characterization of an unusual right atrial mass by magnetic resonance imaging

Mayo Clin Proc. 1991 May;66(5):498-501. doi: 10.1016/s0025-6196(12)62390-8.

Abstract

In a 70-year-old man who had angina, exercise-induced ventricular tachycardia, and presyncopal symptoms, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography disclosed a large atrial mass that resembled a myxoma. Subsequent evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging identified the mass as an intracardiac lipoma attached to the posterior wall of the right atrium, a diagnosis that was confirmed by surgical intervention. Thus, the diagnostic utility of magnetic resonance imaging as an adjunct to echocardiographic evaluation of intracardiac masses was demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Atria / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lipoma / diagnosis*
  • Lipoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Lipoma / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male