A case of right atrial tumor diagnosed by cardiac computed tomography

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• 作者：Takuhiro Okuyama ; MD^a ; Shota Fukuda ; MD ; PhD^b ; ^{h-syouta@mve.biglobe.ne.jp} ; Shoichi Ehara ; MD ; PhD^a ; Daisuke Kaku ; MD^b ; Kenei Shimada ; MD ; PhD ; FJCC^b ; Junichi Yoshikawa ; MD ; PhD ; FJCC^b ; Minoru Yoshiyama ; MD ; PhD ; FJCC^a
• 关键词：Computed tomography ; Echocardiography ; Transesophageal ; Ultrasonic diagnosis
• 刊名：Journal of Cardiology Cases
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：February 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：1
• 期：1
• 页码：e9-e11
• 全文大小：447 K

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Summary

A 60-year-old woman was admitted with chief complaints of dyspnea for the previous 3 weeks. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed the amount of pericardial effusion and signs of cardiac tamponade. However, a tumor was not detected by TTE in any view. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) showed that the tumor protruded into the right atrium, invading to the outside of the heart. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) also showed the mobile tumor in the right atrium. In conclusion, this report may demonstrate that MDCT and TEE are required as complementary methods in the detection of cardiac tumors.