A rare giant atrial septal cardiac blood cyst in an adult: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac blood cysts are exceedingly rare cardiac tumours usually found on cardiac valves in infants. We report and discuss a rare unique case wherein a giant atrial septal cardiac blood cyst was found in an adult.

Case summary

A 59-year-old Chinese lady with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and transient ischaemic attack presented with atypical chest pain. Her ECG suggested right ventricular strain. Echocardiography revealed a large right atrial intracardiac mass attached to the interatrial septum which prolapsed into the right ventricle during each cardiac cycle with associated dilatation of the right atrium and right ventricle. Computed tomography scans showed no evidence of malignancy or metastasis. Considering our patient's profile and the characteristi

SUBMITTER: Ong WSJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11384889 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature