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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 1/2021

Open Access 01-12-2021 | Hemangioma | Case report

Diagnostic mystery—a rare right ventricular cardiac hemangioma: a case report

Authors: Jingya Fan, Lei Guo, Peng Teng, Xiaoyi Dai, Qi Zheng, Shengjun Wu, Yiming Ni

Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Issue 1/2021

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Abstract

Background

Cardiac hemangiomas are rare in all kinds of benign cardiac tumors. Although cardiac hemangiomas affect all ages and may occur anywhere within the heart, right ventricular hemangiomas are extremely uncommon.

Case presentation

We report a 56-year-old woman presented with chest tightness and breath shortness for 3 months. Transthoracic echocardiography and coronary computed tomography angiography showed a mass located adjacent to the apex of the right ventricle but both failed to figure out where the mass originated from, remaining a diagnostic mystery preoperatively. The mass was removed successfully and the histopathological examination confirmed it was hemangioma.

Conclusions

Cardiac magnetic resonance should be the ultimate diagnostic tool of cardiac tumors. Surgical removal, associated with a low recurrence rate and long-term survival benefits, should be the first choice of therapy for cardiac hemangiomas.
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Metadata
Title
Diagnostic mystery—a rare right ventricular cardiac hemangioma: a case report
Authors
Jingya Fan
Lei Guo
Peng Teng
Xiaoyi Dai
Qi Zheng
Shengjun Wu
Yiming Ni
Publication date
01-12-2021
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01731-4

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