title: [Cavernous haemangioma of the right atrium].
abstract: Cardiac haemangiomas are rare benign primitive tumors. We are reporting the case of a 67-year-old woman presenting with a haemangioma of the right atrium. This tumor was discovered by echocardiography because of cerebral strokes. The magnetic resonance imaging determined the characteristics of the tumor. It was completely resected through a right atrial approach. This was a round mobile mass, pediculed and implanted at the inferior area of the interatrial septum. The histopathological analysis revealed a cavernous haemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie cardiovasculaire A, hôpital Rangueil, Toulouse, France. para.marylou@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Para
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lairez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guilbeau-Frugier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marcheix
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012008:Recurrence