INFLAMMATORY EXTRACAVITARY RIGHT ATRIAL MASS AND PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM

A 40 year old male patient diagnosed as having pulmonary thromboemboli sm, was found to have a right atrial mass, after being subjected to an echocardiogram, a CT thoracic Scan and magnetic resonance imaging. An intracardiac exploration by cardiopulmonary bypass was performed. The mass was located and excised, but in fact found to be an extracardiac , inflammatory and cavitated mass. The wall of the right atrium was in filtrated due to the inflammatory process. Pathological study revealed non-specific inflammation. This case illustrates the advantage of ech ocardiography, followed by surgery, in the clinical diagnosis and also shows how to treat cardiac masses and tumors.