title: Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia as first manifestation of right atrial hemangioma during endovascular treatment of intracranial arteriovenous fistulas.
abstract: We report the description of a cardiac mass occupying almost the entire right atrium in a young man who developed paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia during endovascular treatment of intracranial arteriovenous fistulas. The mass was detected at echocardiographic examination, its tissue characteristics were defined with cardiac magnetic resonance and it was successfully surgically removed. The histopathological findings were consistent with a mixed type cavernous-capillary hemangioma of the heart. The intriguing co-existence of cardiac hemangioma and cerebral arteriovenous fistulas, to the best of our knowledge, has not been previously reported in English Literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology A De Gasperis, Cardiology 4, Echocardiography Laboratory, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Spanò
authors.affiliation: Bicocca University, Science of Health Department, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cereda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology A De Gasperis, Cardiology 4, Echocardiography Laboratory, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreo
authors.affiliation: Pathology Laboratories, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Edgardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonacina
authors.affiliation: Bicocca University, Science of Health Department, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peritore
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology A De Gasperis, Cardiology 4, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology A De Gasperis, Cardiology 4, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milano, Italy.|Bicocca University, Science of Health Department, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giannattasio
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology A De Gasperis, Cardiology 4, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pedrotti
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Pathology Section; atrial mass; cardiac imaging; cerebral fistulas; mixed type cavernous-capillary hemangioma; paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia