title: Vascular hamartoma of the left ventricle.
abstract: Primary tumors of the heart are very rare. We report a case of a 28-year old female patient in whom a tumor of the left ventricle was first diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography. Angiography, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and fasting positron emission tomography with 18-fluorodesoxyglucose suggested the diagnosis of a well vascularized tumor. The tumor was subtotally excised during heart surgery under total cardiopulmonary bypass and histological examination identified a predominantly vascular hamartoma.
authors.affiliation: Herzzentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Kardiologische Klinik, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miche
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kloppe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Montanus
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohlmeier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koerfer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Notohamiprodjo
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Raute-Kreinsen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mirow
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bogunovic
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gleichmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans