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 |
Contrast echocardiography |
Unknown |
|
Courtney Clark [19] |
2015 |
65 |
Male |
Speech
impairment |
Contrast echocardiography |
Unknown |