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Cystic tumor of the atrioventricular nodal region

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We report a case of a 66-year-old female who presented exertional dyspnea and palpitation. Echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and computed tomography showed a right atrial cystic mass attached to the interatrial septum. The patient underwent successful excision of the mass. The histopathological findings confirmed the lesion as a cystic tumor of the atrioventricular nodal region. This is the third known case of this condition diagnosed antemortem and treated successfully with surgical excision.

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  1. Department of Cardicvascular Surgery, Hitachi General Hospital, 2-1-1 Jonan-cho, 317-0077, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan

    Yuichiro Kammishi, Yasunori Watanabe & Hiroko Nakata

  2. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Hitachi General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

    Tatsuro Shimokama

  3. Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Tomoaki Jikuya

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Kammishi, Y., Watanabe, Y., Nakata, H. et al. Cystic tumor of the atrioventricular nodal region. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 50, 37–39 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02913485

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