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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2024; 13(01): e4-e7
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1778719
Case Report: Cardiac

Cardiac Hemangioma in the Left Ventricular Septum

Lilly Ilcheva
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Magdalena Cholubek
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Dominik Loiero
2   Department of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Omer Dzemali
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
3   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Stadtspital Zürich Triemli, Zurich, Switzerland
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Abstract

Background Primary cardiac tumors are an exceedingly rare benign group of tumors that may remain asymptomatic for a prolonged duration or could lead to significant clinical events.

Case Presentation A 64-year-old female patient underwent echocardiography prior to elective knee surgery due to the presence of palpitations and dyspnea. This revealed the existence of a mass located on the left side of the interventricular septum, which was resected successfully.

Conclusion Surgical resection represents the primary therapeutic approach for the management of cardiac hemangiomas. Failure to perform timely resection may elevate the risk of developing total atrioventricular block and experiencing sudden death.

Keywords

cardiac - tumor - cardiac hemangioma


Publication History

Received: 04 September 2023

Accepted: 03 November 2023

Article published online:
22 January 2024

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