Vascular hamartoma of the left ventricle.
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.
Miche
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Herzzentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Kardiologische Klinik, Germany.
Kloppe
A
A
Minami
K
K
Montanus
H
H
Ohlmeier
H
H
Koerfer
R
R
Notohamiprodjo
G
G
Raute-Kreinsen
U
U
Mirow
N
N
Bogunovic
N
N
Gleichmann
U
U
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans