title: Right atrial hemangioma.
abstract: Hemangiomas are rare benign neoplasms of the heart generally diagnosed in young or middle-aged patients. We report a case of asymptomatic 71-year-old-woman in whom the tumor was detected after an echocardiogram. Echocardiography directs the diagnosis toward a cardiac mass but some aspects can suggest the hemangioma; MRI and coronary arteriography establishes the diagnosis showing the typical tumor blush.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ospedale Civile di Cecina, Italy. vent.elio@tin.it
authors.forename: Elio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Venturini
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Magni
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franchini
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Testa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging