title: A rare cardiac haemangioma in the right ventricle diagnosed accurately using ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography.
abstract: A right ventricular cardiac tumour was incidentally detected in a 61-year-old man during a preoperative examination for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Findings on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging suggested the differential diagnoses of myxoma, haemangioma and haemangiosarcoma, and it was difficult to identify whether the tumour was benign or malignant. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography strongly suggested a benign tumour. We enucleated the tumour, because an intraoperative frozen section also strongly suggested a benign origin. After resection, CABG under cardiopulmonary bypass was performed. Histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis indicated a cavernous haemangioma without evidence of malignant tissue. The patient has survived 20 months after surgery with no evidence of tumour recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Gastroenterological Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan matsuba0926@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuba
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Gastroenterological Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hisashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Gastroenterological Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Goichi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yotsumoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Gastroenterological Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imoto
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D035583:Rare Diseases; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: Cavernous; Haemangioma; Heart ventricles; Positron emission tomography