Key result
Tumor excision confirms rare primary cardiac hemangioendothelioma in an infant presenting with respiratory symptoms.
Why the study?
Primary cardiac hemangioendotheliomas are extremely uncommon, and there have been no prior reports of cardiac hemangioendothelioma occurring in infants in Korea.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case report describes a rare instance of primary cardiac hemangioendothelioma in an infant, initially presenting with respiratory symptoms.
Alerts clinicians to rare cardiac tumors in infants with respiratory symptoms; leaves open standardized management for this entity.
Primary cardiac tumors are rare, with a prevalence of 0.001-0.2%. Among such tumors, cardiac hemangioendotheliomas are some of the most uncommon. In Korea, there have been no reports of hemangioendothelioma occurring in the heart of infants. We herein report a case of an infant that was admitted to our medical center and presented with cough and a runny nose. The initial diagnosis was acute bronchiolitis. Cardiomegaly was observed on chest radiography. Echocardiography revealed a tumor measuring 3.5×4.0 cm in the right atrium. The infant was transferred to a tertiary medical center for tumor excision. The excised lesion was 3.8×3×3.2 cm in size, and biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of hemangioendothelioma. In this case report, we describe our experience with a rare case involving cardiac tumor in an infant with an upper respiratory tract infection.
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Seo et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac hemangioendothelioma (n=1). Tumor excision was evaluated on Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac tumor. Tumor excision in an infant presenting with upper respiratory symptoms confirmed a rare diagnosis of primary cardiac hemangioendothelioma.
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