title: Left ventricular hemangioma.
abstract: Cardiac hemangiomas are quite rare benign tumors of vascular origin often detected incidentally during routine examinations. Here we present the diagnostic evaluation and excisional biopsy of such a cardiac tumor in a 20-year-old man.
authors.affiliation: Center of Cardiac Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. thomas.strecker@uk-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strecker
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zielezinski
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rösch
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agaimy
mesh_terms: D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult