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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000;18:371
© 2000 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Cavernous hemangioma of the heart

Oren Lev-Ran, Menachem Matsa, Yosef Paz

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman Street, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel

Received 20 April 2000; received in revised form 19 May 2000; accepted 23 May 2000.

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An 80-year-old woman presented with new onset atrial fibrillation. Preoperative studies demonstrated a huge mass within a dilated right atrium and moderate tricuspid regurgitation (Fig. 1a,b) .



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  		Fig. 1. Cavernous hemangioma within the right atrium.

 
A tumor (8x6 cm), which originated from the interatrial septum, was excised (Figs. 1 and 2) . Histology confirmed completely resected rare cavernous hemangioma. Postoperative course was uneventful and there was no evidence of recurrence at 1 year follow-up.



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  		Fig. 2. A resected giant cavernous hemangioma of the heart.

 




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