title: Noncomplicated Excision of a Mobile Pedunculated Septal Hemangioma of the Left Ventricle.
abstract: BACKGROUND Cardiac tumors are quite rare, and differential diagnosis of them is challenging. CASE REPORT A young lady with a history of palpitations, dyspnea, and fatigue was proven by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to have a mobile left ventricular mass with rounded contour attached to the mid-part of the interventricular septum. The mass was approached via a posterior inter-atrial approach to avoid left ventriculotomy and provide adequate exposure to completely excise the tumor and control its pedicle with minimal cardiac trauma. Histological examination of the mass was diagnostic of capillary and sinusoidal hemangioma. CONCLUSIONS Complete excision of cardiac hemangioma is recommended once it is diagnosed, for histopathologic diagnosis and because of the possibility of serious complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Institute, Ministry of Health, Imbaba, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Institute, Ministry of Health, Imbaba, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdelgawad
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Institute, Ministry of Health, Imbaba, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Shemy
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, National Heart Institute, Ministry of Health, Imbaba, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramadan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, National Heart Institute, Ministry of Health, Imbaba, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Batrek
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Ousama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mahdi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Mansoura University, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mahmoud M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ramadan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine