Spontaneous Disappearance Of A Right Atrial Mass.
Proctor, C.E., Brown, E.J., Jr, Lawson, W.E., Biancaniello, T.M. and Cohn, P.F. (1983), spontaneous disappearance of a right atrial mass.. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2: 565-567. https://doi.org/10.7863/jum.1983.2.12.565
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Disease Location
Anterior leaflet of tricuspid valve
Personal Characteristics
18-year-old male
Clinical Characteristics
Admitted after weeks of weight loss & right upper quadrant epigastric pain diagnosed with zollinger-ellison syndrome with perforated duodenal ulcer, gastrinoma in lesser omentum, & metastatic gastrinoma in pancreatic lymph nodes grade i/vi systolic murmur found over pulmonic area electrocardiogram showed p-pulmonale & st-t abnormalities with st depression & t-wave inversion in inferior & lateral leads echogenic mass revealed parallel to anterior tricuspid valve leaflet
Remission Characteristics
Serial 2-d studies over 6-week period showed changes in right atrial mass day after initial study, mass developed echolucent core 6 weeks post initial study, mass no longer present in right atrium year after discovery of right atrial mass, 2d echocardiogram normal chest x-ray normal & ecg displayed no evidence of p-pul monthsale patient remained aysmpatientomatic as per 1 years follow-up
Treatment & Mechanisms
Clinical Treatment
None reported reported