title: Incidental finding of a giant intracardiac angioma infiltrating both ventricles in a 35-year-old woman: a case report
creator: Hirschberg, Kristof
creator: Wiedmann, Felix
creator: Zitron, Edgar
creator: Fortner, Philipp
creator: Riffel, Johannes H.
creator: Chorianopoulos, Emmanuel
creator: Gdynia, Georg
creator: Mechtersheimer, Gunhild
creator: Andrassy, Martin
creator: Szabó, Gábor
creator: Arif, Rawa
creator: Katus, Hugo A.
creator: Buss, Sebastian J.
subject: ddc-610
subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine
description: Background: Primary cardiac tumors are rare and often asymptomatic or present with unspecific symptoms. Benign cardiac tumors of vascular origin are especially rare, with only few existing data in the literature.   Case presentation: A 35-year-old Caucasian female patient presented to our department with an asymptomatic giant intracardiac angioma infiltrating both ventricles. Evaluation of this tumor involved electrocardiography, echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, coronary angiography, an open myocardial biopsy, and histological examination of the resected specimen. Because our patient was asymptomatic, she was managed conservatively with regular follow-up. We discuss the treatment options available in comparison with similar cases.   Conclusion: Diagnosis and therapy of benign cardiac tumors, especially of asymptomatic lesions, can be a challenge. There is no evidence available to help in the management of such patients. An extensive evaluation is needed with different imaging modalities, and case-specific decisions should be made that involve experts in cardiology, cardio-oncology, and heart surgery.
publisher: BioMed Central
date: 2016
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
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identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-205459
identifier:   Hirschberg, Kristof ; Wiedmann, Felix ; Zitron, Edgar ; Fortner, Philipp ; Riffel, Johannes H. ; Chorianopoulos, Emmanuel ; Gdynia, Georg ; Mechtersheimer, Gunhild ; Andrassy, Martin ; Szabó, Gábor ; Arif, Rawa ; Katus, Hugo A. ; Buss, Sebastian J.  (2016) Incidental finding of a giant intracardiac angioma infiltrating both ventricles in a 35-year-old woman: a case report.  Journal of Medical Case Reports, 10 (94).  pp. 1-5.  ISSN 1752-1947     
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language: eng