title: Enormous right atrial hemangioma in an asymptomatic patient: a case report and literature review.
abstract: We report the case of an enormous right atrial hemangioma in an asymptomatic 42-year-old woman. The diagnosis was made by echocardiogram after the patient was found to have an abnormal EKG during a routine medical exam. The hemangioma is the largest described in English literature. The tumor was surgically resected and the patient did well postoperatively. In this case report, we discuss the discovery of the tumor and treatment of our patient. A brief discussion of cardiac hemangiomas follows.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Lucretia S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Mongal
authors.forename: Reema
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salat
authors.forename: Ather
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anis
authors.forename: Barry C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Esrig
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oz
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klapholz
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maldjian
authors.forename: Muhamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saric
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography