| Literature DB >> 28658780 |
Rufus Sam Vargis1, Manjiri Phansalkar2, Somanath Padhi3, Dilip Phansalkar4, Sanjay R Nair5.
Abstract
Overall incidence of primary cardiac tumour ranges from 0.0017% and 0.27% at autopsy. Cardiac haemangiomas are rare, and account for 2.8% of benign cardiac tumours. Pericardial haemangiomas, in particular are extremely rare. Pericardial haemangiomas are reported to present with a variety of symptoms such as dyspnea, palpitation, atypical chest pain. Other symptoms like obstruction of blood vessels, cardiac tamponade, or pericardial effusion may result due to compression of surrounding structures. Here, we report a case of pericardial haemangioma in a patient who presented with breathlessness and cough.Entities:
Keywords: Cardiac tumours; Cavernous haemangioma; Tamponade
Year: 2017 PMID: 28658780 PMCID: PMC5483682 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/26564.9834
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Diagn Res ISSN: 0973-709X