Atrial mass: a myxoma?

Clin Case Rep. 2016 Jul 13;4(8):842-3. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.626. eCollection 2016 Aug.

Abstract

A middle-aged woman with a history of resected colorectal cancer and receiving chemotherapy presented with a right atrial mass and the provisional diagnosis of myxoma supported by echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Successful surgical removal revealed organized thrombus instead. Atrial thrombus may be mistaken for myxoma and long-term intracardiac indwelling catheters can be thrombogenic.

Keywords: Atrial thrombus; atrial myxoma; intracardiac indwelling catheters.