Table 2: Findings of previously reported cases including primary diagnostic tools and therapeutic approaches.

Fisrt Author

Year of diagnosed

Age of diagnosed

Sex

History, symptoms or examination

Diagnostic Tool

Surgery

Park [4]

1973

34

Female

Palpitations, shortness of breath

Radionuclide study

Not done

Ezekowitz [17]

1978

52

Male

Shortness of breath, cynosis

Radionuclide study

Atriyal patch

Park [7]

1983

22

Male

Tonic-clonic seizures, brain abscess

Radionuclide study

Atriyal patch

Schick EC Jr [11]

1985

46

Male

Chest pain, brain abscess

Catheterization, Contrast echocardiography

Died

Nazem [8]

1993

26

Female

Shortness of breath, brain abscess, clubbing

Contrast echocardiography

SVC > RA

Leys [12]

1986

44

Male

Cynosis, brain abscess

Catheterization

Unknown

Rosenkranz [5]

1998

61

Female

Shortness of breath, chest pain

Catheterization, Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging

Not done

Pieter M. Pretorius [9]

2004

61

Male

Shortness of breath, chest pain

Contrast enhanced chest CT

Unknown

Bagget [2]

2007

34

Female

Asymptomatic

Magnetic resonance imaging

Not done

Theron A.[18]

2008

20

Female

Shortness of breath, cyanosis

Magnetic resonance imaging

SVC > RA

Susie N. Hang [16]

2011

34

Female

Headache, fever, brain abscess

Magnetic resonance imaging

SVC > RA

Pierre-Yves Courand [13]

2013

84

Female

Confusion, ischemic stroke

Contrast echocardiography

Not done

Cohen [19]

2013

56

Female

Acute traumatic subdural hematoma

Contrast echocardiography

Unknown

Courtney Clark [19]

2015

65

Male

Speech impairment

Contrast echocardiography

Unknown