Abstract

FREIRE SOBRINHO, Adalberto et al. Capillary-type cardiac hemangioma, in the left atrium. Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc [online]. 2005, vol.20, n.4, pp. 445-448. ISSN 0102-7638.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-76382005000400015.

A 49-year-old woman, whose echocardiography and hemodynamic study showed a mass in the left atrium suggestive of myxoma, was referred for cardiological evaluation because of dyspnea. She also had schistosomotic hepatosplenomegaly. After a preoperative evaluation with hematological assistance, the patient underwent surgery using a cardiopulmonary bypass. She suffered a hemorrhage in the immediate post-operative period, which improved after platelet transfusion. The histopathologic study showed a capillary-type cardiac hemangioma.

Keywords : Heart neoplasms [surgery]; Heart atria [pathology]; Hemangioma [diagnosis]; Hemangioma [surgery].