A rare cardiac haemangioma in the right ventricle diagnosed accurately using ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography

Cardiac hemangioma mimicking a neuroendocrine tumor on 68 Ga Dotatate PET/CT

Cardiac hemangioma is a rare, benign primary tumor characterized by endothelial proliferation. While reports of cardiac hemangiomas demonstrating ¹⁸ F FDG avidity and other forms of hemangiomas showing ⁶⁸ Ga Dotatate avidity have been published, we present a rare case of primary cardiac hemangioma demonstrating ⁶⁸ Ga Dotatate avidity, mimicking a primary neuroendocrine tumor.

Case Report: A Primary Right Ventricular Vascular Malformation Presenting as a Mass

Primary right ventricular vascular malformation is a rare primary benign anomaly in heart in nature. Due to the extremely low incidence and the progress on the classification of vascular malformation, a few cases were reported in the literatures. In the current case study, a 55-year-old women presented with a cardiac mass that was identified in right ventricle during a routine medical checkup. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a well-circumscribed mass attached to the interventricular septum. Median sternotomy for the surgical resection of the mass and a cardiopulmonary bypass were performed. The intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram showed that the mass had been successfully removed. The patient recovered well and was discharged from hospital 9 days after the surgery. The pathological diagnosis was primary cardiac arteriovenous malformation. No mass recurrence was shown by echocardiography during the 13 months' follow-up.

Capillary haemangioma of the heart presenting with pericardial effusion: A case report

Cardiac haemangiomas (CH) are rare benign primary tumours of the heart and constitute nearly 2.8% of primary cardiac tumours. In a-48-year-old female, a cardiac tumour mass over right ventricular out flow area and main pulmonary artery was detected during diagnostic workup for aetiology of recurrent pericardial effusion. Echocardiograhy and pericardial fluid findings were non conclusive. Contrast enhanced Computed tomography (CECT) and Positron emission tomography (PET) scan imaging found the exophytic, moderately hypermetabolic, heterogeneous mass lesion posterolateral to main pulmonary trunk. We did partial resection of lesion without cardiac reconstruction and open incisional biopsy through midline sternotomy incision. Histopathological analysis confirmed this as a case of Capillary type of haemangioma of heart.

An adolescent with chest pain and cardiac hemangioma

Less than 5% of chest pain in children is cardiac in origin, yet this complaint still represents one of the top reasons children are referred to pediatric cardiologists. This article describes a patient whose cardiac tumor illustrates the challenges of evaluating pediatric chest pain and the Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plan algorithm that can help.