Open AccessPericardial Hemangioma: A Common Tumour in an Unusual Location: Case Report and Review of Literature
Author(s) -
Rufus Sam Vargis,
Manjiri Phansalkar,
Somanath Padhi,
Dilip Shankar Phansalkar,
Sanjay R Nair
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26564.9834
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , pericardial effusion , autopsy , chest pain , radiology , tamponade , hemangioma , surgery
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.