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Surgical excision of an incidentally discovered primary cardiac angiofibroma in a 57-year-old female resulted in no evidence of recurrence at the 2-year follow-up.
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This case report details the rare presentation, distinct cardiac MRI features, and successful surgical excision of a primary left ventricular cardiac angiofibroma.
Supports excision for rare cardiac angiofibroma; leaves open recurrence risk and surveillance needs.
Cardiac Angiofibroma is an uncommon intracardiac tumor. Thus far, only 4 cases of the rare intracardiac tumor have been reported. The present case-report describes an intracardiac angiofibroma in a 57-year-old healthy female. The patient was incidentally diagnosed with a left ventricle mass during echocardiography. We performed cardiac imaging, surgical excision and histological evaluation of the mass. The angiofibroma demonstrated features different from the relatively common cardiac tumors such as fibroma, myxoma and angiosarcoma. The cardiac MRI showed slightly high signal intensity on both T1 and T2, with the central core of lower signal intensity. The resected tumor was a whitish and rubbery mass. Histologically, the tumor showed the benign vascular proliferations associated with the surrounding collagen deposition.
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Kim et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Primary Cardiac Angiofibroma (n=1). Surgical excision was evaluated. Surgical excision of an incidentally discovered primary cardiac angiofibroma in a 57-year-old female resulted in no evidence of recurrence at the 2-year follow-up.
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