Hemangioma of the right atrium: imaging and pathology

Received 8 July 2008; received in revised form 15 October 2008; accepted 28 October 2008. published online 09 January 2009.

Abstract

Background

Cardiac hemangiomas are benign neoplasms which have been reported to appear as well-circumscribed, homogenous, enhancing masses at imaging.

Methods and results

We report a 49-year-old woman with a cardiac hemangioma detected by echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. The multiple imaging modalities showed features which have been reported in cardiac hemangiomas. The tumor was surgically excised and the diagnosis of cardiac hemangioma was made.

Conclusions

Cardiac hemangiomas are rare tumors with a variety of imaging features which may suggest the diagnosis.

Keywords: Cardiac, Hemangioma

a Section of Radiological Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences, Parma Hospital, University of Parma, Via Gramsci, 14, 43100 Parma, Italy

b Department of Anatomy, Parma Hospital, University of Parma, Via Gramsci, 14, 43100 Parma, Italy

c Department of Heart, Parma Hospital, University of Parma, Via Gramsci, 14, 43100 Parma, Italy

d Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA

e Department of Radiology, S. Orsola University Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy

Corresponding author. Tel.: +39 521 703660; fax: +39 521 703491.

PII: S1054-8807(08)00162-2

doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2008.10.016

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