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An unrecognised right atrial metastasis was clinically mistaken for constrictive pericarditis, with cardiac catheterisation suggesting tricuspid stenosis in a single patient.
Case Report (n=1)
Right atrial metastases can present with clinical and hemodynamic findings that closely mimic constrictive pericarditis and tricuspid stenosis.
Prompts consideration of right atrial metastasis in suspected constrictive pericarditis; extends differential but leaves open prospective validation.
Metastatic tumour of right atrium mimicking constrictive pericarditis and tricuspid stenosisThough secondary cardiac tumours are 20 times more common than primary lesions,' and cardiac metastases are found in up to 19% of necropsies undertaken on patients who have died of cancer,2 correct diagnosis of secondary spread to the heart is rare.We describe a patient in whom an unrecognised right atrial metastasis was clinically mistaken for constrictive pericarditis while results of cardiac catheterisation suggested tricuspid stenosis.Case report
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Cock et al. (1982) conducted a case report in Metastatic tumour of right atrium (n=1). Right atrial metastasis was evaluated. An unrecognised right atrial metastasis was clinically mistaken for constrictive pericarditis, with cardiac catheterisation suggesting tricuspid stenosis in a single patient.
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