Why the study?
Fetal cardiac hemangioma is rarely diagnosed prenatally and poses diagnostic and management challenges due to its rarity and variable presentation.
Case Report (n=2)
Should not yet change practice for infantile atrial hemangiomas; leaves open need for larger studies on arrhythmia risk and alternatives.
Fetal cardiac hemangioma is rarely diagnosed prenatally. We present here a fetus with such a tumor diagnosed at 28 weeks' gestation. With the use of fetal echocardiography, a mixed echogenic mass protruding outward from the right atrial wall was observed. Moderate amounts of pericardial effusion were also found. Although no apparent blood flow signal was detected in the mass, fetal echocardiography showed signs suggestive of a hemangioma. Differential diagnosis, management and prognosis are discussed.
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Tseng et al. (1999) conducted a case report in Fetal cardiac hemangioma (n=2). Radical surgical resection was evaluated.
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