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Surgical treatment of a cavernous haemangioma of the heart.

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Chen, X; Lodge, AJ; Dibernardo, LR; Milano, CA
Published in: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
May 2012

Cardiac haemangioma is an extremely rare, benign vascular tumour. A 42-year-old female patient who was previously very active presented with complaints of exertional chest pain as well as lower extremity oedema. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a large mass in the anterior mediastinum originating from the right atrioventricular groove and abutting the superior vena cava, right atrium, right ventricular outflow tract and aortic root. Open biopsy via right mini-thoracotomy revealed cavernous haemangioma. After the biopsy, the patient was treated with three doses of bevacizumab but symptoms worsened and the mass did not regress. Therefore, the patient underwent median sternotomy and resection of the large tumour that encroached upon the right coronary artery. Final histopathological examination revealed cavernous haemangioma. The patient made an uneventful recovery.

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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

DOI

EISSN

1873-734X

Publication Date

May 2012

Volume

41

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1182 / 1183

Location

Germany

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Respiratory System
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous
  • Heart Neoplasms
  • Female
  • Adult
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
 

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Chen, X., Lodge, A. J., Dibernardo, L. R., & Milano, C. A. (2012). Surgical treatment of a cavernous haemangioma of the heart. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 41(5), 1182–1183. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezr153
Chen, Xujun, Andrew J. Lodge, Louis R. Dibernardo, and Carmelo A. Milano. “Surgical treatment of a cavernous haemangioma of the heart.Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 41, no. 5 (May 2012): 1182–83. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezr153.
Chen X, Lodge AJ, Dibernardo LR, Milano CA. Surgical treatment of a cavernous haemangioma of the heart. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012 May;41(5):1182–3.
Chen, Xujun, et al. “Surgical treatment of a cavernous haemangioma of the heart.Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, vol. 41, no. 5, May 2012, pp. 1182–83. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezr153.
Chen X, Lodge AJ, Dibernardo LR, Milano CA. Surgical treatment of a cavernous haemangioma of the heart. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012 May;41(5):1182–1183.
Journal cover image

Published In

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

DOI

EISSN

1873-734X

Publication Date

May 2012

Volume

41

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1182 / 1183

Location

Germany

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Respiratory System
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous
  • Heart Neoplasms
  • Female
  • Adult
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology