Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of a transthoracic echocardiographic pitfall: a diaphragmatic hernia mimicking a left atrial mass

H D Movsowitz; L E Jacobs; C Movsowitz; M N Kotler

doi:10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80265-4

Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of a transthoracic echocardiographic pitfall: a diaphragmatic hernia mimicking a left atrial mass

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1993 Jan-Feb;6(1):104-6. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80265-4.

Authors

H D Movsowitz¹, L E Jacobs, C Movsowitz, M N Kotler

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19141.

PMID: 8439417
DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80265-4

Abstract

Diaphragmatic hernia may mimic a left atrial mass when imaged by transthoracic echocardiography. In this case study we emphasize the value of transesophageal echocardiography in clarifying the cause of this apparent atrial mass.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography*
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / diagnostic imaging*
Humans