title: Coronary and atrial compression by a giant cardiac hemangioma.
abstract: A 57-year-old asymptomatic man showed a round echo-dense mass, partially occupying the left atrium on echocardiography. Magnetic resonance localized the mass in the atrioventricular groove, inside the pericardial space, and showed a large hepatic mass too. Computed tomography revealed significant compression of the left main coronary artery and of the left pulmonary veins outlet. The tumor was surgically removed and diagnosed as hemangioma. Heart hemangiomas are extremely rare; they are usually asymptomatic but sometimes they grow rapidly, causing various symptoms. In our case, life-threatening compression of the left main coronary artery and of the pulmonary veins warranted the intervention.
authors: Dept. of Cardiology, Ospedale Santa Corona, Pietra Ligure (SV), Italy; Dept. of Radiology, Ospedale Santa Corona, Pietra Ligure (SV), Italy. Electronic address: lucaolivotti@gmail.com.
authors: Luca
authors: L
authors: Olivotti
authors: Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy.
authors: Luca
authors: L
authors: Botta
authors: Dept. of Cardiology, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
authors: Alfredo
authors: A
authors: Gandolfo
authors: Dept. of Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy.
authors: Duccio
authors: D
authors: Petrella
authors: Dept. of Radiology, Ospedale Santa Corona, Pietra Ligure (SV), Italy.
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Serafini
authors: Dept. of Cardiology, Ospedale Santa Corona, Pietra Ligure (SV), Italy.
authors: Gian Battista
authors: GB
authors: Danzi
authors: Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy.
authors: Luigi
authors: L
authors: Martinelli
mesh_terms: D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Cardiac imaging; Cardiac surgery; Cardiac tumors; Computed tomography; Hemangioma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pathology