Giant right atrial mass obliterating the right atrium

• Published in: Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives Vol. 5; no. 5; p. 29607
• Main Authors: Al-Fakhouri, Ahmad, Hwang, Inyong, Alsafwah, Shadwan F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 01.01.2015; Greater Baltimore Medical Center; Co-Action Publishing
• Subjects: Atrial mass; Atrial thrombus; Atrial tumor; Blood clots; Colleges & universities; Heart surgery; Hospitals; Melanoma; Metastasis; Metastatic melanoma; Radiology Imaging; Surgeons; Metastatic melanoma; Atrial thrombus; Atrial mass; Atrial tumor

A73-year-old man with past medical history of mechanical aortic valve replacement, metastatic melanoma of unknown primaries with liver metastasis, presented with progressive shortness of breath and dyspnea on exertion. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed a large homogenous mass completely oc...