Abstract:
A 73-year-old woman was referred to our outpatient clinic
with complaints of nausea and vomiting. Transthoracic
echocardiography apical four-chamber view showed a mass (M)
compressing the left atrium (LA) (Figure 1A). Full-volume threedimensional transthoracic echocardiography after cropping the
left and right ventricle walls revealed a mass compressing LA
(Figure 1B). Subcostal view of the stomach (STO) and
esophagus (ESO) showed the reflux of stomach contents in realtime viewing (Figure 1C). Oblique sagittal (Figure 1D) and coronal
(Figure 1E) CT angiography images revealed the hiatal hernia (HH)
compressing LA. Oblique sagittal view of colored three dimensional
volume rendered CT angiography images also demonstrated the
relationship between HH and LA (Figures 1F,G).