Adult Cardiac Cystic Lymphangiectasia of the Right Atrium

Adult Cardiac Cystic Lymphangiectasia of the Right Atrium

Echocardiography. 2008 Apr 17

Matarieh A, Harinstein ME, Salanitri J, Maganti K.
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg, School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Cardiac lympangiectasia is a rare pathological dilation of the lymphatic channels of the heart. Diagnosis is made by pathology; however, there remains no definitive diagnostic study. There are reports of cardiac cystic lymphangiectasias in children. A case of right atrial lymphangiectasia, initially identified by echocardiography, is presented here. This is the first report of such a mass.

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