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Partial surgical removal of a giant right atrial cavernous haemangioma in a 51-year-old woman resulted in no further growth of the unremoved tumour part at 12 months.
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Partial surgical resection of a giant right atrial cavernous haemangioma presenting as atrial fibrillation can improve haemodynamics with no further growth of the remnant at 12 months.
Primary heart tumours are rare with an incidence of 0.02% in reported autopsy series. One of the most uncommon is haemangioma. We describe the case of a 51-year-old woman, who presented with a giant cavernous haemangioma, but with no clinical manifestations other than atrial fibrillation. Performed echocardiography showed a giant (6.5 x 7.5 cm) tumour located in the right atrium, modelling other heart chambers. In order to improve atrial haemodynamics, a large portion of the tumour was removed via sternotomy. Examination after 12 months showed no further growth of the unremoved part of the tumour.
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Szymański et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Right atrial cavernous haemangioma presenting with atrial fibrillation (n=1). Partial surgical removal via sternotomy was evaluated on Tumour growth after 12 months. Partial surgical removal of a giant right atrial cavernous haemangioma in a 51-year-old woman resulted in no further growth of the unremoved tumour part at 12 months.
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