Open AccessA rare case of a left atrial hemangioma mimicking a myxoma
Author(s) -
Saikat Bandyopadhyay,
Ratan Kumar Das,
Ashima Bhelotkar,
Tanmay Acharia
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.109773
Subject(s) - medicine , left atrial myxoma , left atrium , chest pain , cardiology , myxoma , atrial septum , bypass grafting , coronary angiography , angiography , coronary artery disease , radiology , artery , atrial fibrillation , myocardial infarction
A 68-year-old gentleman presented with a recent history of exertional dyspnea associated with anginal chest pain. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a well-circumscribed mass in the left atrium attached to the inter-atrial septum. A provisional diagnosis of left atrial (LA) myxoma was made. Coronary angiography revealed significant single-vessel disease. The patient underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and resection of the LA tumor. The histopathological diagnosis of the tumor came out to be a cardiac hemangioma.