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Right atrial hemangioma: clinicopathological considerations of a case

^a Department of Biopathology, Anatomic Pathology Institute, Tor Vergata University, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133, Rome, Italy
^b Cardiovascular Surgery Institute, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

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Hemangiomas are rare benign tumours of the heart, generally asymptomatic and usually diagnosed in male young or full-grown adults. We report here a case of a symptomatic right atrial hemangioma in a 75-year-old woman with a clinical history of hypertension. The tumour was diagnosed after an episode of acute bronchopneumonia precipiting the patient's cardiac failure initially referred to the hypertensive condition.

Key Words: Cardiac hemangioma; Right atrium; Heart failure