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Tham, Yap, and Ch'ng: Large Thrombosed Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Mimicking Right Atrial Mass
An 80-year-old gentleman with history of coronary artery bypass surgery, repaired abdominal artery aneurysm and repaired bilateral iliac arteries aneurysms was admitted for subacute right lower limb ischemia from partially thrombosed right popliteal artery aneurysm. Before his scheduled surgery an echocardiogram was ordered to complete work-up for possible cardiac cause of thromboembolism. Echocardiogram showed a big rounded atrial mass just proximal to the tricuspid valve at the right atrioventricular junction (Movie 1 and Figure 1). The mass was non-obstructive but appeared to be mobile. This finding triggered a CT angiogram of the thorax. It revealed a large calcified and thrombosed right coronary artery aneurysm compressing the right atrium externally (Movie 2 and Figure 2). He underwent a successful femoral-popliteal bypass surgery and recovered well post-operatively.

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Figure 1

Echocardiogram still image showing calcified and rounded right atrial mass.

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Figure 2

CT angiogram showing coronal images of the heavily calcified and thrombosed right coronary aneurysm.

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Conflict of Interest The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

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Movie 1

Echocardiogram in four-chamber views showing relationship of the right atrial mass at the level of the right atrioventricular junction and tricuspid valve.

Movie 2

CT angiogram showing a large calcified and thrombosed right coronary artery aneurysm mimicking right atrial mass that we saw from transthoracic echocardiogram.
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Yi Chuan Tham
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2540-6993

Kok Hooi Yap
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4730-7830

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