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An unusual presentation of a large cardiac mass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2019

Mitchell I. Cohen ,
Lucas R. Collazo ,
Alexandru Firan Open the ORCID record for Alexandru Firan [Opens in a new window] ,
Amir Dangol  and
Melany B. Atkins
Mitchell I. Cohen*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Heart Program and Pediatric Cardiology, Inova Children’s Hospital, Fairfax, VA, USA
Lucas R. Collazo
Affiliation:
Pediatric Heart Program and Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Inova Children’s Hospital, Fairfax, VA, USA
Alexandru Firan
Affiliation:
Pediatric Residency, Inova Children’s Hospital, Fairfax, VA, USA
Amir Dangol
Affiliation:
Children’s Heart Institute, Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Melany B. Atkins
Affiliation:
Diagnostic Radiology, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Mitchell I. Cohen, MD FACC FHRS, 8500 Executive Park Ave Suite 110, Fairfax, VA 22031, USA. Tel: +1 703 942 8300; Fax: +1 702-573-4856; E-mail: Mitchell. Cohen@inova.org
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Abstract

We present a case of a large left ventricular capillary haemangioma incidentally discovered in a pre-adolescent patient.

Keywords

Cardiac tumourhaemangiomacardiomegaly
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 12 , December 2019 , pp. 1549 - 1551
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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