Atypical Radiological Findings of Capillary Hemangioma in Right Atrium: A Case Report

An Na Seo; Byunggeon Park; Jae-Kwang Lim; Jungsup Byun; Ji Eun Park; Jung Guen Cha; Jihoon Hong; Seo Young Park; Jongmin Park

doi:10.2174/1573405620666230411143510

Atypical Radiological Findings of Capillary Hemangioma in Right Atrium: A Case Report

Curr Med Imaging. 2023 Apr 11. doi: 10.2174/1573405620666230411143510. Online ahead of print.

Authors

An Na Seo¹, Byunggeon Park², Jae-Kwang Lim², Jungsup Byun¹, Ji Eun Park³, Jung Guen Cha², Jihoon Hong², Seo Young Park², Jongmin Park²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Daegu, South Korea.
² Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea.

PMID: 37055891
DOI: 10.2174/1573405620666230411143510

Abstract

Background: Cardiac hemangiomas account for only 2.8% of primary cardiac tumors and are caused by the abnormal proliferation of endothelial cells and excess blood vessels. Typical radiological findings of cardiac hemangioma demonstrate intense contrast enhancement.

Case presentation: Here we report the case of a 69-year-old man who presented with a right atrial mass found incidentally with multimodal imaging findings, including echocardiography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This case presented with poor enhancement within right atrial mass on dynamic contrast-enhanced CT scan and gadolinium-enhanced first-pass perfusion image of cardiac MRI. After surgical resection, the pathologic diagnosis of cardiac capillary hemangioma was made.

Conclusion: Cardiac hemangioma could be included in the differential diagnosis for cardiac neoplasms demonstrating poor enhancements on CT and MRI scans.

Keywords: computed tomography; heart; hemangioma; magnetic resonance imaging; tumoheart; tumor; ultrasonography.

Publication types

Case Reports