title: A rare case of a left atrial hemangioma mimicking a myxoma.
abstract: A 68-year-old gentleman presented with a recent history of exertional dyspnea associated with anginal chest pain. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a well-circumscribed mass in the left atrium attached to the inter-atrial septum. A provisional diagnosis of left atrial (LA) myxoma was made. Coronary angiography revealed significant single-vessel disease. The patient underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and resection of the LA tumor. The histopathological diagnosis of the tumor came out to be a cardiac hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Saikat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.forename: Ratan Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Ashima
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhelotkar
authors.forename: Tanmay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Acharia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*