Key result
Transesophageal two- and three-dimensional echocardiography revealed that an incidentally found hollow mass in the left atrium was a localized aneurysm of a patent foramen ovale tunnel.
Case Report (n=1)
This is the first report of a localized aneurysm of a patent foramen ovale tunnel, presenting as an unusual mass within the left atrium.
Masses on the interatrial septum are usually caused by myxomas or thrombi within a patent foramen ovale. We report a 53-year-old male patient with a hollow mass within the left atrium that was incidentally found during a routine transthoracic echocardiography. Further investigation of the mass with transesophageal two- and three-dimensional echocardiography has revealed that the mass was a localized aneurysm of a patent foramen ovale tunnel. While aneurysms of interatrial septum are relatively common in normal population, to the best of our knowledge, present case is the first report of a localized aneursym of a patent foramen ovale tunnel.
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Güvenç et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Localized aneurysm of a patent foramen ovale tunnel (n=1). Transesophageal two- and three-dimensional echocardiography was evaluated on Diagnosis of the atrial mass. Transesophageal two- and three-dimensional echocardiography revealed that an incidentally found hollow mass in the left atrium was a localized aneurysm of a patent foramen ovale tunnel.
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