title: [The surgical treatment of a rare primary cardiac tumor: hemangioma. A report of 2 cases].
abstract: Primary benign tumors of the heart are particularly rare; cardiac hemangioma is one of the most rare primary benign cardiac tumors. Natural history, symptoms and prognosis of the disease depend on the potential complications due to the location and diffusion of the mass. We report on 2 cases of cardiac hemangioma, diagnosed occasionally in the first patient or due to gastroenteric symptoms in the second patient. The diagnosis was obtained by 2-D-echo and magnetic resonance imaging. In both cases the hemangioma was located on the right ventricle. Both patients underwent tumor resection in hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. In one case, a graft to the right coronary artery was associated; in the other case, the right ventricular outflow tract was reconstructed with an infundibular patch. Histology showed mixed hemangioma in one case and cavernous hemangioma in the other. The postoperative course was uneventful. At a follow-up of 8 years and 1 year, respectively, both patients are classified as NYHA 1 and both 2-D-echo and magnetic resonance imaging did not show any residual tumoral mass. This experience demonstrates that, depending on their location, benign neoplastic masses may be radically resected with acceptable operatory risks and excellent long-term results.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche, Rianimatorie e dei Trapianti, Sezione di Cardiochirurgia, Università degli Studi, Bologna.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albanese
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pilato
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pacini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fattori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferlito
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Capecchi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cagnetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alampi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pierangeli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged