title: Resection of a left atrial hemangioma. Report of a case and overview of the literature on resected cardiac hemangiomas.
abstract: We present the case of a 76-year-old woman who presented with dyspnea on exertion. Echocardiography revealed a mass located in the left atrium in proximity to the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve. The mass was successfully excised under cardiopulmonary bypass. Histopathologic analysis showed a capillary hemangioma. Twenty-five months after surgery, the patient remained asymptomatic, and her echocardiogram was normal. Herein, we discuss the histopathology and the clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of hemangiomas. We include a selected overview of the literature on surgically treated patients.
authors.affiliation: Service of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, 35010 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. cabad@telefonica.net
authors.forename: Cipriano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: Serguei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Varona
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Limeres
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marrero
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans