title: Large hemangioma in a persistent left superior vena cava.
abstract: Cardiac hemangiomas represent 1 to 2% of all detected benign heart tumors. Tumors in the coronary sinus have been reported; however, to our knowledge, there have been no reports of masses in a persistent left superior vena cava. We report here the first case of a 58-year-old man with a rare huge unicamerate cardiac hemangiomas in a persistent left superior vena cava. A communication vein between the coronary sinus and hemangiomas could be identified, and thrombus formation was found in the hemangiomas as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sichuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Songqing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Fenglei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jingqun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D017131:Thrombectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery