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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:691-692
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Asymptomatic hemangioma of the interatrial septum

Aïda Ayadi-Kaddour, MDa,*, Mohammed Abid, MDb, Youssef Harrath, MDc, Belhassen Smati, MDb, Tarak Kilani, MDb, Faouzi El Mezni, MDa

a Department of Pathology, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia
b Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia
c Department of Cardiology, Siliana Hospital, Siliana, Tunisia

Received for publication April 28, 2006; accepted for publication May 9, 2006.

* Address for reprints: Aïda Ayadi-Kaddour, MD, Department of Pathology, Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, 2080 Ariana, Tunisia (Email: kaddour1fr@yahoo.fr).

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A cardiac hemangioma is a rare form of primary cardiac tumor, occurring with an incidence of 1% to 2% of all detected benign heart neoplasms.1Go To date, only 45 cases involving surgical treatment have been discussed in the literature.1Go

We present a patient with hemangioma of the interatrial septum that was found incidentally and successfully resected.

Clinical Summary

A 74-year-old man was referred to our institution with a cardiac tumor detected incidentally by means of thoracic echocardiography during a medical checkup. The patient was asymptomatic. Physical examination revealed an arrhythmia. Electrocardiography showed an irregular rhythm caused by atrial fibrillation and left ventricular hypertrophy. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a 24-cm2 echogenic mass arising from the interatrial septum (Figure 1). Computed tomography . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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