Pseudotumor of the Right Atrium
Authors: JAMES I. THOMPSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

Brief Communications1 March 1966Pseudotumor of the Right AtriumReport of a Case and Review of its EtiologyJAMES I. THOMPSON, M.D., LEON A. PHILLIPS, M.D., KENNETH L. MELMON, M.D.JAMES I. THOMPSON, M.D., LEON A. PHILLIPS, M.D., KENNETH L. MELMON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-64-3-665 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe successful removal of cardiac myxomas has stimulated much interest in the entity and in the search for reliable diagnostic techniques. The antemortem diagnosis can usually be confirmed by angiographic demonstration of an intracavitary filling defect. Although angiography is the definitive diagnostic procedure, the method has limitations.This report presents a patient with an unexpected filling defect in the right atrium, first interpreted as a tumor, but later found to be due to a fibrous and redundant interatrial septum. 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Thompson, M.D., Division of Cardiology, King County Hospital, 325 9th Ave., Seattle, Wash. 98104. 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