Varix of the Right Atrium

Kye Hun Kim; Myung Ho Jeong; Sang Yup Lim; Sang Rok Lee; Seo Na Hong; Il Suk Sohn; Young Joon Hong; Hyung Wook Park; Ju Han Kim; Weon Kim; Youngkeun Ahn; Jeong Gwan Cho; Byoung Hee Ahn; Jong Chun Park; Sang Hyung Kim; Jung Chaee Kang

doi:10.1253/circj.70.793

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Varix of the Right Atrium

Kye Hun Kim, Myung Ho Jeong, Sang Yup Lim, Sang Rok Lee, Seo Na Hong, Il Suk Sohn, Young Joon Hong, Hyung Wook Park, Ju Han Kim, Weon Kim, Youngkeun Ahn, Jeong Gwan Cho, Byoung Hee Ahn, Jong Chun Park, Sang Hyung Kim, Jung Chaee Kang

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Kye Hun Kim
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Myung Ho Jeong
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Sang Yup Lim
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Sang Rok Lee
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Seo Na Hong
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Il Suk Sohn
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Young Joon Hong
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Hyung Wook Park
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Ju Han Kim
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Weon Kim
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Youngkeun Ahn
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Jeong Gwan Cho
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Byoung Hee Ahn
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Jong Chun Park
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Sang Hyung Kim
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences
Jung Chaee Kang
The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences

Keywords: Cardiac mass, Varix

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2006 Volume 70 Issue 6 Pages 793-795

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.70.793

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Abstract

A 68-year-old female patient was referred for the evaluation of an incidentally detected asymptomatic cardiac mass. Imaging studies showed a 3.0×2.4 cm, well circumscribed, round, cystic mass with a calcified nodule that was attached to the lower rim of the fossa ovalis in the right atrium. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, the right atrium was opened to reveal a well circumscribed, dark bluish, pedunculated mass. Histologically, the specimen was a unilocular cyst lined by flattened endothelium, with peripheral fibrin clots and dystrophic calcification of the wall. Immunohistochemical staining of the lining cells was positive for cluster designation 34, which represents hematopoietic progenitor cell antigen. The final pathologic diagnosis was compatible with varix of the heart, which should be considered for a cystic mass with a calcified nodule located in the right atrium, near the lower rim of the fossa ovalis. (Circ J 2006; 70: 793 - 795)

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