Abstract:A 49-year-old woman with a history of uterine myomas, moderate hepatic insufficiency, and ascites, was found to have a cardiac murmur. Echocardiography showed dilation of the right atrium, moderate tricuspid insufficiency, and a right atrial mass that advanced on diastole to the apex of the right ventricle, suggesting a myxoma. At surgery, an intracardiac pediculated mass was seen emerging from the lumen of the inferior vena cava. The mass was carefully pulled as far as possible and transected. After histologi… Show more
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