Left atrial cardiac hemangioma: a report of two cases.
Cardiac hemangiomas are exceptionally rare tumors with an incidence of 1 to 3% of all detected benign heart neoplasms. We report 2 cases of left atrial hemangioma of which only one associated with clinical symptoms such as dyspnea and palpitations. Two years following surgical excision of the tumors, there was no echocardiographic evidence of recurrence.
Verunelli
Francesco
F
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy. f.verunelli@mail.ao-pisa.toscana.it
Amerini
Andrea
A
D'Alfonso
Alessandro
A
Viacava
Paolo
P
Mariani
Massimo A
MA
Comella
Alessandro
A
Pesola
Antonio
A
Grandjean
Jan G
JG
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography