Cardiac varix presenting as a right atrial mass

Susan M Trocciola; Herman Yee; Leora B Balsam; Eugenia Gianos; Abe DeAnda Jr

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01193.x

Cardiac varix presenting as a right atrial mass

J Card Surg. 2011 Mar;26(2):164-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01193.x. Epub 2011 Feb 7.

Authors

Susan M Trocciola¹, Herman Yee, Leora B Balsam, Eugenia Gianos, Abe DeAnda Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.

PMID: 21299621
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01193.x

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / pathology*
Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
Heart Diseases / surgery
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Varicose Veins / diagnosis*
Varicose Veins / surgery