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A Giant Mass Filling the Left Atrium: A Case Report
Fernando Fonseca Gonçalves1, Sara Borges1, José Ilídio Moreira1
1Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.
Background:
Cardiac tumors have heterogeneous and unspecific clinical presentations which is why their diagnosis is difficult.
Case Report:
A middle-aged woman presented to the emergency department with unspecific symptoms developing over 2 weeks. Multimodality imaging revealed a large mass filling the left atrium with a large base adherent to the fossa ovalis and flow obstruction. After surgical extraction, the anatomopathological analysis was compatible with a primary benign cardiac tumor.
Conclusion:
Clinical presentation of cardiac tumors is usually unspecific and multimodality imaging is crucial in the diagnostic workflow. Surgical excision should be performed as quickly as possible.
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