A giant cavernous hemangioma of the heart.
Cardiac hemangiomas are exceptionally rare, vascular neoplasms of the heart, with an incidence of 1% to 2% among all detected benign heart tumors. With the availability of the advanced imaging modalities of the heart, asymptomatic cardiac tumors are detected more frequently. These tumors are composed either of capillaries or larger cavernous channels. Herein, we report a rare case of a huge cardiac hemangioma involving both ventricles, which is not amenable to a curative surgical resection.
Botha
Jaco
J
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Departments of Pathology and Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ihlberg
Leo
L
Elhenawy
Abdelsalam
A
Abbott
Michael
M
Butany
Jagdish
J
Paul
Narinder
N
Brister
Stephanie J
SJ
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging