Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery ()

Left Atrial Giant Cell Myocarditis Presenting as a Tumor: First-in-Man Case Report

  • Omer Tanyeli,
  • Yuksel Dereli,
  • Niyazi Gormus,
  • Mustafa Cihat Avunduk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21470/1678-9741-2017-0242
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 3
pp. 306 – 308

Abstract

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Abstract Giant cell myocarditis is a rare and highly lethal disorder with resultant cardiac insufficiency. It necessitates aggressive immune suppression therapy, although the results are often fatal. When it affects only the atria, the characteristics of the disease changes completely. In this case report, we present atypical presentation of atrial giant cell myocarditis with mass lesion, which completely resolved after successful surgical resection without immuno suppression therapy.

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