Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Intracardiac Varix in the Right Atrium - 2 case reports -

우심방에 발생한 심장내 정맥류 - 2예 보고 -

  • Jeong, In Seok (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Ahn, Byoung-Hee (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Chekar, Jay-Key (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Yun, Chi-Hyeong (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Hyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Oh, Sang-Gi (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University)
  • 정인석 (전남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 안병희 (전남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 제갈재기 (전남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 윤지형 (전남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 김상형 (전남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 오상기 (전남대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
  • Received : 2009.08.06
  • Accepted : 2009.09.28
  • Published : 2010.02.05
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Abstract

Intracardiac varix is an endocardial, unilocular, blood-filled cyst that's lined by endothelial cells and it is filled with organizing thrombi. It has been reported that intracardiac varix is an extremely rare entity. We report here on two cases of intracardiac varix in the right atrium and these cases had been preoperatively misdiagnosed as myxoma.

심장 내 정맥류는 내피세포로 피복된 단방성의 혈성 낭종의 조직학적 특징을 보이는 매우 드문 심장 내 질환으로 알려져 있다. 본 증례는 수술 전에 우심방에 발생한 점액종이 의심되어 수술적 절제를 시행한 환자에서 수술 후 심장 내 발생한 정맥류임을 확인한 2예에 대하여 보고하는 바이다.

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