Journal article
Giant Cardiac Cavernous Hemangioma
The Annals of thoracic surgery, v 100(1), pp 322-325
Jul 2015
PMID: 26140782
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Abstract
We report the case of an asymptomatic giant cardiac cavernous hemangioma in a 71-year-old man. The intracardiac mass was discovered incidentally during surveillance for his prostate cancer; however, the patient initially declined intervention. On presentation to our institution 7 years later, the lesion had enlarged significantly, and the patient consented to excision. At surgery, an 8 × 6.5 × 4.8 cm intracardiac mass located on the inferior heart border was excised with an intact capsule through a median sternotomy approach. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course. We discuss the diagnostic workup, treatment, and characteristics of this rare cardiac tumor.
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Details
- Title
- Giant Cardiac Cavernous Hemangioma
- Creators
- Eric Unger - Drexel UniversityJoseph Costic - Drexel UniversityGlenn Laub - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The Annals of thoracic surgery, v 100(1), pp 322-325
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000358796800066
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84933521624
- Other Identifier
- 991019168018504721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
- Respiratory System
- Surgery