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Giant interatrial septal aneurysm mimicking a right atrial tumor

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We report the case of a patient with a giant interatrial septum aneurysm who was admitted to our hospital for analysis of palpitations. Transthoracic echocardiography was not contributive and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a small interatrial septal aneurysm. In our study, only transesophageal echocardiography provided the correct diagnosis, showing a giant interatrial septal aneurysm protruding far away into the right atrium and mimicking a right atrial cystic tumor.

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  1. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Marseille, Hôpital de la Conception, France

    Henri R. Malaterre & Koobhiraj Kallee

  2. Hôpital de Sainte Marguerite, France

    Frédéric Cohen, Jean-Claude Deharo & Pierre Djiane

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Malaterre, H.R., Cohen, F., Kallee, K. et al. Giant interatrial septal aneurysm mimicking a right atrial tumor. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 14, 163–166 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006052431751

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