title: A giant cavernous hemangioma of the heart.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Departments of Pathology and Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Jaco
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Botha
authors.forename: Leo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ihlberg
authors.forename: Abdelsalam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elhenawy
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: Jagdish
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Butany
authors.forename: Narinder
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Stephanie J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Brister
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging