Why the study?
Diagnosis of cardiac tumors is difficult because they have heterogeneous and unspecific clinical presentations.
This case highlights the importance of multimodality imaging in the diagnostic workflow of cardiac tumors presenting with unspecific symptoms.
BACKGROUND: Cardiac tumors have heterogeneous and unspecific clinical presentations which is why their diagnosis is difficult. CASE REPORT: A middle-aged woman presented to the emergency department with unspecific symptoms developing over 2 weeks. Multimodality imaging revealed a large mass filling the left atrium with a large base adherent to the fossa ovalis and flow obstruction. After surgical extraction, the anatomopathological analysis was compatible with a primary benign cardiac tumor. CONCLUSION: Clinical presentation of cardiac tumors is usually unspecific and multimodality imaging is crucial in the diagnostic workflow. Surgical excision should be performed as quickly as possible.
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