An unusual case of a large cavernous hemangioma invading the left ventricular apex.
Cardiac hemangiomas are extremely rare benign vascular tumors of the heart. We present the unusual case of a 60-year-old man with a large cavernous hemangioma involving the left ventricular apex. The tumor was completely excised under cardiopulmonary bypass. The pertinent literature is reviewed and the technical steps, clinical presentation, and histopathologic findings are discussed.
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Rony
R
Atoui
Anjana
A
Yeldandi
Patrick
P
McCarthy
Richard
R
Lee
Chris
C
Malaisrie
Edwin
E
McGee
D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome