Rheumatism as a cause of cardiac hemangioma: a rare case report and review of literature with special focus on etiology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac hemangioma is a very rare benign tumor of the heart which accounts for 1-2% of all primary cardiac tumors. Multiple cardiac hemangiomas are even rarer with only three cases published in the literature. Pathologically it can be divided into cavernous hemangioma, capillary hemangioma, arteriovenous hemangioma, mixed-type hemangioma, and so on. At present, the etiology of cardiac hemangioma is not completely clear. In this study, we present multiple cardiac hemangiomas located in the right atrium and discuss the new unreported possible cause (rheumatism) of cardiac hemangioma. This is the fourth case of multiple cardiac hemangiomas in the medical literature and the first time to present rheumatism as the cause of cardiac hemangioma.

Case presentation

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SUBMITTER: Xie T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10122334 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature