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A diagnostic challenge – an unusual right atrial mass, 12 years following atrial septal defect surgery

^a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
^b Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
^c Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4

*Corresponding author: Dr Jain Bhaskara Pillai, 17 Paxford Close, Vicars Lane, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7PA, UK. Tel.: +44-0191-266-5472; fax: +44-0191-213-1968.

E-mail address: jainfreeman{at}hotmail.com (J. Bhaskara Pillai).

A young girl presented with a right atrial mass, 12 years following ostium secundum atrial septal defect surgery. The unusual pathology and the various diagnostic considerations for an atrial mass are discussed.

Key Words: Right atrial mass; Cardiac myxoma; Atrial septal defect