Key result
Surgical resection successfully manages a rare right heart hemangioma mimicking malignancy.
Why the study?
The characteristics of cardiac hemangioma remain unknown owing to its rarity.
Case Report (n=1)
Surgical resection may be feasible for rare invasive cardiac hemangiomas mimicking malignancy; leaves open need for larger series on outcomes.
Cardiac hemangioma is a rare primary cardiac tumor which accounts for only 2–3% of all benign primary tumors of the heart (1). It is usually well circumscribed with apparent surgical margins (2). However, the characteristics of cardiac hemangioma remain unknown owing to its rarity. Here, we report the case of a cardiac hemangioma invading the right atrium and the right ventricle and presenting with characteristics similar to a malignant tumor. This hemangioma was treated with surgical resection.
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INOUE et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Cardiac hemangioma (n=1). Surgical resection was evaluated. Surgical resection was used to treat a rare cardiac hemangioma invading the right atrium and right ventricle that presented with characteristics similar to a malignant tumor.
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