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We report a rare case of a protruding tumor from the right atrial free wall into the cardiac sac. A cardiac tumor was incidentally detected in the right atrium of a 64-year-old man by transthoracic echocardiography. The tumor was located in the right atrial anterior free wall, infiltrating the right artrial appendage near the tricuspid valve annulus. It had an irregular surface, did not have a tumor stalk, and was considerably mobile. We resected the tumor and performed cryosurgical ablation of the remnant tissue to reduce the risk of local recurrence. Histopathologic examination confirmed the tumor to be metastatic malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH). The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged 11 days after surgery. Follow-up computed tomographic scans and transthoracic echocardiography did not reveal any evidence of local cardiac recurrence or distant metastasis.
RESUMEN
Dacron prostheses are the most widely used grafts in replacement procedures for abdominal aortic aneurysms, but they are not perfect grafts. We encountered a rare case of late graft complication. A 66-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a pulsatile mass in an abdominal operation scar. He had received placement of a Y-shaped Cooley double velour knitted Dacron graft 18 years previously. Computed tomography and angiography demonstrated graft dilatation and an aneurysm. After resection of the graft aneurysms, the operative findings showed a non-anastomotic aneurysm formation due to longitudinal division near the graft guideline. In this case, this graft failure may have been due to the deterioration of the filter of the Dacron prosthesis itself. Therefore it is important to perform careful long-term follow-up in patients with implanted Dacron arterial prostheses.