Kaminishi Yuichiro, Watanabe Yasunori, Nakata Hiroko, Shimokama Tatsuro, Jikuya Tomoaki
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hitachi General Hospital, 2-1-1 Jonan-cho, Hitachi, Ibaraki 317-0077, Japan.
Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Jan;50(1):37-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02913485.
We report a case of a 66-year-old female who presented exertional dyspnea and palpitation. Echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and computed tomography showed a right atrial cystic mass attached to the interatrial septum. The patient underwent successful excision of the mass. The histopathological findings confirmed the lesion as a cystic tumor of the atrioventricular nodal region. This is the third known case of this condition diagnosed antemortem and treated successfully with surgical excision.