Giant Right Atrium

Yücel Özen, Murat Bülent Rabuş, Sabit Sarıkaya, Deniz Günay, Mustafa Mert Özgür, Kaan Kırali̇

Keywords: Pulmonary hypertension, right atrial dilatation

Abstract

Severe enlargement of the atrium usually happens within the left atrium and is rarely seen in the right atrium. Giant right atrium is a rare condition that can be seen in tricuspid valve pathologies. Pulmonary hypertension, which could develop after tricuspid valve stenosis or insufficiency, may lead to giant right atrium in adults. A 45-year-old female patient was operated for tricuspid valve insufficiency related to a giant right atrium.