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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct 4;33(4):631-633.
doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivab133.

Giant left atrial capillary haemangioma invading left-main coronary artery

Serkan Yildirim  1 , Mehmet Işik  1 , Ömer Tanyeli  1 , Niyazi Görmüş  1
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Case Reports

Giant left atrial capillary haemangioma invading left-main coronary artery

Serkan Yildirim et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. .

Abstract

Cardiac haemangiomas are rare cases and can be seen at any age of life. A 49-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with chest pain. A well-circumscribed soft tissue mass extending from the pulmonary artery truncus to the left ventricular inferior neighborhood. Following surgical resection, the patient was discharged 4 days after surgery.

Keywords: Cardiac tumour; Haemangioma; Surgical resection.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(A) CT view of the mass (white arrow). (B) MRI view of the mass (white arrow). (C) White arrows, showing tumour blush.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
(A) View after opening the pericardium. (B) The mass after dissection. (C) Saphenous graft interposition between LMCA–LMCA.
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