ATRIAL BLOOD CYST - A RARE FINDING

Authors
ROBERTS PF SERRA AJ MCNICHOLAS KW SHAPIRA N LEMOLE GM
Citation
Pf. Roberts et al., ATRIAL BLOOD CYST - A RARE FINDING, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 62(3), 1996, pp. 880-882
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
62
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
880 - 882
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1996)62:3<880:ABC-AR>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Blood cysts of the heart, benign cardiovascular tumors, are extremely rare in adults. Our literature search found fewer than 20 such cases t hat have been reported in the past 30 years, all of which involved eit her the cardiac valves or the left ventricle. This case report describ es a 72-year-old man with a right atrial tumor that was found to be a simple blood cyst.