Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2014 Apr;47(2):149-151.

Cardiac Hemangioma: A Case Report

• Hong SY
• Park KT
• Lee YH
• Cho KH
• Seo JS
• Han IY

Abstract

Hemangioma of the heart, presenting as a primary cardiac tumor is extremely rare; it accounts for approximately 2% of all primary resected heart tumors. In our patient, the tumor was located in the orifice of the right lower pulmonary vein. Few cases of cardiac hemangiomas have been reported to arise from the left atrial (LA) wall. Left atrial hemangiomas, especially those attached to the LA wall, may be erroneously diagnosed as myxomas. Cardiac hemangioma is a rare disease; furthermore, a tumor arising from the LA wall and misconceived as a myxoma is extremely rare. We removed a mass misdiagnosed as a myxoma; it was pathologically confirmed to be a cardiac capillary hemangioma. Therefore, we report a rare case of a cardiac hemangioma misconceived as a myxoma; the tumor was removed successfully.

Keyword

Heart neoplasms; Hemangioma; Myxoma; Left atrium

MeSH Terms

Heart
Heart Atria
Heart Neoplasms
Hemangioma*
Hemangioma, Capillary
Humans
Myxoma
Pulmonary Veins
Rare Diseases