Bronchogenic Cyst of the Interatrial Septum Presenting as Atrioventricular Block Adrian C. Borges, MD, Fabian Knebel, MD, Alexander Lembcke, MD, Alexander Panda, MD, PhD, Takeshi Komoda, MD, PhD, Nicola E. Hiemann, MD, Rudolf Meyer, MD, PhD, Gert Baumann, MD, Roland Hetzer, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 6, Pages 1920-1923 (June 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.051 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Apical transthoracic echocardiography showing a cystic tumor (*) between both the atria on the apical four-chamber view. (LA = left atrium; LV = left ventricle; RA = right atrium; RV = right ventricle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1920-1923DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.051) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging shows a round, interatrial cyst within the interatrial wall (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1920-1923DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.051) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Intraoperative exposure of the cystic mass (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1920-1923DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.051) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Photomicrograph of the cyst wall showing the large cyst lining of simple columnar epithelium (arrow). (Hematoxylin and eosin; ×50.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1920-1923DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.051) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions