Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2015 Feb;48(1):95-97. 10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.1.95.
An Unusual Presentation of Schwannoma in the Interatrial Space
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea. kkh726@snu.ac.kr
- KMID: 2382237
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.1.95
Abstract
- 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.
