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

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

Affiliations

Yogamaya Mantha, MD: Internal Medicine Department, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Rakushumimarika Harada, MD: Internal Medicine Department, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Michinari Hieda, MD, MS, PhD: Internal Medicine Department, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Dallas, Texas
Andrew Assaf, MD: Division of Cardiology, Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield, Michigan
Uday Tatiraju, MS: Research and Development, Oracle Corporation, Redwood City, California
Mark Feldman, MD: Internal Medicine Department, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Darryl Kawalsky, MD: Division of Cardiology, North Texas Heart Center, Dallas, Texas; Address for correspondence: Dr. Darryl Kawalsky, North Texas Heart Center, 8440 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75231.

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

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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.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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