JACC: Case Reports (Oct 2020)

Masson Tumor in the Left Atrial Appendage Presenting as Cardioembolic Cerebral Infarction

  • Yogamaya Mantha, MD,
  • Rakushumimarika Harada, MD,
  • Michinari Hieda, MD, MS, PhD,
  • Andrew Assaf, MD,
  • Uday Tatiraju, MS,
  • Mark Feldman, MD,
  • Darryl Kawalsky, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 12
pp. 1969 – 1973

Abstract

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A 70-year-old woman presented with aphasia caused by acute infarction in the left middle cerebral artery. Cardiac investigation revealed progressively increasing mobile mass in the left atrial appendage over 2 months (from 9 to 15 mm). Decision was made to proceed with mass resection, and pathological evaluation confirmed Masson tumor. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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