An Unusual Presentation of Schwannoma in the Interatrial Space
We report the case of a 69-year-old woman who was diagnosed with intracardiac schwannoma without symptoms. Preoperative echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass attached to the interatrial septum. The initial diagnosis was a myxoma or a bronchogenic cyst. The tumor was...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.kjtcvs.org/journal/download_pdf.php?doi=10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.1.95 |
| Summary: | We report the case of a 69-year-old woman who was diagnosed with intracardiac schwannoma without symptoms.
Preoperative echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass attached to the interatrial
septum. The initial diagnosis was a myxoma or a bronchogenic cyst. The tumor was successfully excised under
cardiopulmonary bypass. However, the pathology of the excised tumor was consistent with schwannoma. We suggest
that cardiovascular surgeons consider schwannoma to be a possible differential diagnosis for a mass close to
the interatrial septum. |
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| ISSN: | 2233-601X 2093-6516 |