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First radiologic report describes rare cardiac spindle cell hemangioma.
Why the study?
There are no radiologic reports concerning cardiac spindle cell hemangioma in the current literature.
This case report documents a rare instance of cardiac spindle cell hemangioma, a vascular lesion typically found in the extremities.
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Broadens cardiac mass differentials to include spindle cell hemangioma; extends anatomic spectrum but leaves open prevalence and management.
Spindle cell hemangioma is an uncommon vascular lesion histologically resembling a cavernous hemangioma and Kaposi's sarcoma with a predilection for the extremities. There are no radiologic reports concerning cardiac spindle cell hemangioma in the current literature. We report here a case of cardiac spindle cell hemangioma.
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Lee et al. (2007) studied this question. Cardiac spindle cell hemangioma is a rare vascular lesion that can present in the heart, representing the first radiologic report of this condition in the current literature.
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