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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:2097-2099
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Cavernous hemangioma of the tricuspid valve: minimally invasive surgical resection

Elisabetta Lapenna, MD*a, Michele De Bonis, MDa, Lucia Torracca, MDa, Giovanni La Canna, MDa, Giacomo Dell’Antonio, MDb, Ottavio Alfieri, MDa

a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Milan, Italy
b Department ofSurgical Pathology, "San Raffale" University Hospital, Milan, Italy

Accepted for publication April 23, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Lapenna, Divisione di Cardiochirurgia, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
e-mail: elisabettalapenna{at}tiscalinet.it

Cardiac hemangioma is a rare, benign vascular tumor, occurring with an incidence of 1% to 2% of all detected benign heart neoplasms. Hemangioma of the tricuspid valve has never been previously reported. We describe the successful excision of this tumor through a right anterolateral mini-thoracotomy in a 49-year-old woman. Competency of the valve was confirmed intraoperatively and at discharge by transesophageal echocardiography.




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