Extracardiac Adipose Tissue Mimicking an Intracavitary Left Atrial Mass on Echocardiography
skeletal muscle mass, 35.1 kg; body fat mass: 33.5 kg).Liver function tests were mildly abnormal.TTE revealed a highly echogenic mass measuring 23.9×19.6×35.5 mm in the left atrium (LA), adjacent to the aortic valve (Figure A,B; Supplementary Movie).Contrast-enhanced cardiac computed A n 18-year-old female competitive throwing athlete was referred for an incidental mass detected on transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) during a preparticipation medical checkup.She was asymptomatic with a body mass index of 33.5 kg/m 2 (body weight, 94.2 kg;
Authors
- Kaoru Dohi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5078-6326)
- Taku Omori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3370-9505)
- Ayaka Ino
- Suguru Araki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1419-4817)
- Emiyo Sugiura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3330-9656)
- Hiroki Mori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3190-6852)
- Naoki Fujimoto
- Naoki Hashimoto
Institutions
- Mie University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Circulation Reports
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1253/circrep.cr-26-0235
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00