Delay in diagnosis of right atrial myxoma

Clinical, echocardiographic, and nuclear angiographic findings in a 51‐year‐old woman who presented with a history of dyspnea are discussed. Initial echocardiography revealed no abnormality. However, a subsequent radionuclide angiogram revealed a filling defect on the right side of the heart. This r...

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Published inClinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 107 - 110
Main Authors Northcote, R. J., Ballantyne, D., Sethia, B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.02.1985
Wiley
Subjects
atrial myxoma
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Female
Heart
Heart Atria - surgery
Heart Neoplasms - diagnosis
Heart Neoplasms - surgery
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Myxoma - diagnosis
Myxoma - surgery
nuclear angiography
Technetium
Tumors of the heart
Heart
Human
Myxoma
Dyspnea
Echocardiography
Cardiovascular disease
Diagnostic
Tumor
Scintigraphy
Right atrium
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Summary:Clinical, echocardiographic, and nuclear angiographic findings in a 51‐year‐old woman who presented with a history of dyspnea are discussed. Initial echocardiography revealed no abnormality. However, a subsequent radionuclide angiogram revealed a filling defect on the right side of the heart. This represented a right atrial myxoma. Radionuclide angiography can provide a useful noninvasive tool in the diagnosis of intracardiac tumors when echocardiography has not been helpful.
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ISSN:0160-9289
1932-8737
DOI:10.1002/clc.4960080208