Right atrial hemangioma.
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.
Venturini
Elio
E
Department of Cardiology, Ospedale Civile di Cecina, Italy. vent.elio@tin.it
Magni
Lucia
L
Franchini
Carlo
C
Testa
Roberto
R
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