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Successful palliative resection of giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation with 14 years of follow-up: a case report
BACKGROUND: Primary tumors of the heart are a rare phenomenon. Lymphatic malformations are congenital anomalies of the lymphatic system that tend to grow progressively. Lymphatic malformations are typically found in the cervical and axillary regions and found on pediatric patients. We report a 40-ye...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10463819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37612617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03449-8 |
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author | Heliö, Krista Weckström, Sini Kivistö, Sari Lohi, Jouko Heliö, Tiina |
author_facet | Heliö, Krista Weckström, Sini Kivistö, Sari Lohi, Jouko Heliö, Tiina |
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description | BACKGROUND: Primary tumors of the heart are a rare phenomenon. Lymphatic malformations are congenital anomalies of the lymphatic system that tend to grow progressively. Lymphatic malformations are typically found in the cervical and axillary regions and found on pediatric patients. We report a 40-year-old woman with giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation. CASE PRESENTATION: A 40-year-old woman was assessed due to suspected traumatic cardiac tamponade. Computed tomography of the heart and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging were compatible with either a large pericardial hemangioma or angiosarcoma. The tumor infiltrated deeply into the myocardium and could only be partially resected. Histopathological diagnosis was a cardiac lymphatic malformation with micro- and macrocystic components. The patient has remained asymptomatic for fourteen years after the surgery. In the latest follow-up, her left ventricular function had remained normal and the maximum thickness of the residual tumor had regressed. CONCLUSIONS: Even when a complete removal of a cardiac lymphatic malformation is not possible, a debulking procedure can yield a good long-term result. |
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spelling | pubmed-104638192023-08-30 Successful palliative resection of giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation with 14 years of follow-up: a case report Heliö, Krista Weckström, Sini Kivistö, Sari Lohi, Jouko Heliö, Tiina BMC Cardiovasc Disord Case Report BACKGROUND: Primary tumors of the heart are a rare phenomenon. Lymphatic malformations are congenital anomalies of the lymphatic system that tend to grow progressively. Lymphatic malformations are typically found in the cervical and axillary regions and found on pediatric patients. We report a 40-year-old woman with giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation. CASE PRESENTATION: A 40-year-old woman was assessed due to suspected traumatic cardiac tamponade. Computed tomography of the heart and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging were compatible with either a large pericardial hemangioma or angiosarcoma. The tumor infiltrated deeply into the myocardium and could only be partially resected. Histopathological diagnosis was a cardiac lymphatic malformation with micro- and macrocystic components. The patient has remained asymptomatic for fourteen years after the surgery. In the latest follow-up, her left ventricular function had remained normal and the maximum thickness of the residual tumor had regressed. CONCLUSIONS: Even when a complete removal of a cardiac lymphatic malformation is not possible, a debulking procedure can yield a good long-term result. BioMed Central 2023-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10463819/ /pubmed/37612617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03449-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Heliö, Krista Weckström, Sini Kivistö, Sari Lohi, Jouko Heliö, Tiina Successful palliative resection of giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation with 14 years of follow-up: a case report |
title | Successful palliative resection of giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation with 14 years of follow-up: a case report |
title_full | Successful palliative resection of giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation with 14 years of follow-up: a case report |
title_fullStr | Successful palliative resection of giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation with 14 years of follow-up: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Successful palliative resection of giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation with 14 years of follow-up: a case report |
title_short | Successful palliative resection of giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation with 14 years of follow-up: a case report |
title_sort | successful palliative resection of giant epimyocardial lymphatic malformation with 14 years of follow-up: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10463819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37612617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03449-8 |
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