Large hemangioma in a persistent left superior vena cava

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Dec:60 Suppl 2:e3-5. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1330995. Epub 2012 Nov 23.

Abstract

Cardiac hemangiomas represent 1 to 2% of all detected benign heart tumors. Tumors in the coronary sinus have been reported; however, to our knowledge, there have been no reports of masses in a persistent left superior vena cava. We report here the first case of a 58-year-old man with a rare huge unicamerate cardiac hemangiomas in a persistent left superior vena cava. A communication vein between the coronary sinus and hemangiomas could be identified, and thrombus formation was found in the hemangiomas as well.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Coronary Sinus / abnormalities
  • Coronary Sinus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Sinus / surgery
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Hemangioma / diagnosis*
  • Hemangioma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Thrombectomy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities
  • Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / surgery