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A Case of a Giant Hemangioma of a Primary Cardiac Tumor

We report a case of a 71-year-old female with a primary cardiac tumor. The patient had undergone surgery for uterine cancer 10 years ago and presented to a nearby clinic complaining of dyspnea on exertion. Chest X-ray revealed cardiac enlargement, prompting further investigations, which revealed a m...

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Autores principales: Nakajima, Tomohiro, Shibata, Tsuyoshi, Ogura, Keishi, Iba, Yutaka, Kawaharada, Nobuyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10509032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37736442
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43818
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Sumario:We report a case of a 71-year-old female with a primary cardiac tumor. The patient had undergone surgery for uterine cancer 10 years ago and presented to a nearby clinic complaining of dyspnea on exertion. Chest X-ray revealed cardiac enlargement, prompting further investigations, which revealed a massive tumor protruding into the left atrium and extending toward the outer wall of the left ventricle. The patient was referred to a cardiac surgery department for myocardial biopsy. The tumor biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of a vascular tumor. Due to the tumor's large size and the difficulty in achieving complete resection, a conservative approach was chosen as the patient expressed a preference for non-surgical treatment. This is an extremely rare case of a large primary cardiac tumor, and we report it accordingly.