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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:977-979
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Rare presentation of cardiac hemangiomas

Beat Kipfer, MDa, Lars Englberger, MDa, Edouard Stauffer, MDb, Thierry Carrel, MDa

a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
b Institute of Pathology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Address reprint requests to Dr Kipfer, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Freiburgstrasse 10, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
e-mail: beat.kipfer{at}insel.ch

Cardiac hemangiomas are exceptionally rare tumors with an incidence of 1% to 2% of all detected benign heart neoplasms. The clinical appearance of the tumor varies considerably and may mimic other pathological findings of definite heart structures. We report two cases of cardiac hemangiomas presenting with an unusual location and clinical course.




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